From The Potter's Wheel

Diameter range 5-6", height range 3-4"

I've taken up pottery this winter (here's what my first out-of-the-kiln crop looked like). Time for an update! I am enjoying it immensely, and have worked with white, brown and dark brown clay so far. Throwing on the wheel gets easier with time, as it's all about muscle memory and practice. And I love decorating surfaces with paints and glazes. Currently, I'm focusing on utilitarian items with handles; hope to share those in the next update. In the meantime, here's vases and bowls.

Thumbnails for round bowls

Round bowls, bisque-fired, pre-paint and glaze.

Diameter 6", height 3.5"

Left: diameter 5", height 3.5". Right: diameter 6", height 4"

Height 5.5"

Brown clay, fresh of the wheel, pre-bisque firing.  Below is what these look like after glazing.

Inspired by Italian Futurism art movement. Under-glaze painting, glaze.

Inspired by Italian Futurism art movement. Under-glaze painting, glaze.

Inspired by Italian Futurism art movement. Under-glaze painting, glaze.

Inspired by Italian Futurism art movement. Under-glaze painting, glaze. Diameter 4", height 2"

Carved surface, oxide and glaze. Height 5.5"

Carved surface, oxide and glaze. Height 7"

Oxide and glaze.

Oxide and glaze.

Oxide and glaze.

Docked in New London

"First journey under sail in nearly a century" has began!

I was with Dalvero Academy in New London last week, continuing our on-going reportage of the historic 38th Voyage of the fully restored Charles W. Morgan whaling ship, the last of its kind in America. Here are a few pen and ink snapshots I did on June 11th in New London, CT, after the sea trials. 

C.W.Morgan docked in New London, CT.

"Time lapse" of workers bending sails.

Workers bending sails.

Summer & #TBT

Summer has arrived on my website's landing page

Here's a look back at selected seasonal landing page images from the past > (click and scroll down) It's #TBT, after all...

Day 15: "One Watercolor A Day". Geometric Landscape.

Japanese Garden at the Brooklyn Botanical

Japanese Garden at the Brooklyn Botanical

Japanese Garden at the Brooklyn Botanical

DUMBO, Brooklyn

DUMBO, Brooklyn

I'm doing one watercolor exercise a week, following a delightful book called "One Watercolor A Day", written by my art teacher Veronica Lawlor, with my other art teacher Margaret Hurst, and their co-members of Studio 1482 artist collective. Check out the One Watercolor A Day Facebook group, where participants of the challenge are posting their exercise results on weekly basis.