Mugs with Poppies

 An edited repost from 2018

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I like a design, so I go with it EVERYWHERE!

From the first 4 mugs, to now 2 more different sizes and shapes...there are now a dozen with hand painted poppies a la Georgia O'Keeffe designs.  I am thrilled with them, because I like her paintings.  They aren't decals, they aren't even drawn on first, but just brush after brush of different colors of Mayco Stroke And Coat glazes, red, black, orange, turquoise and yellow.  That's it.

The white is studio satin white.
The black liner is studio matt black.

 We're the curvy girls. Sizes from 12 oz to 20 oz.

 And we're the straight sided differently sized ones!  Holding from 14 oz to 20 oz.

Straight? Curved?  

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If I were to do these over again I'd go with white liners rather than black. At the time I wanted the striking contrast, but my patrons (and myself) have complained that it's hard to see how far you've poured the coffee against the black liners. Sorry about that.

Quote for today:

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment…” and “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” 

Poppies on bowls and mugs

 

From my O'Keefe period, 2018-19.  My good friend Teresa loved the bowls, so she has a set. I even wished her a happy birthday along the rim of one. But I kept a few for myself too!

I'm not fishing for complements here, just recording this part of my life, which is past now. As the pandemic hit, I isolated, and that was just the right time to turn in my clay tools.

A FB friend talked about chapters of one's life. Each is to be enjoyed, and when it's over, close it up an get engaged in the next. 

Today's quote:

A warrior perseveres in the face of adversity, stands up for their beliefs, and speaks in the service of those who cannot.

Glazing like Georgia

 O'Keefe that is! Her poppies...or my version of them....(another repost from 2019)

On to plates this time.

This was just before coating the with a couple of layers of clear matte glaze.  They will be sort of creamy colored, with hopefully brilliant red flowers.

In case you wondered...first the yellow in the center is over a layer of black, so it probably will be black with a few specks of yellow where it was thinner.  The little dots will probably blend in.  That's the plan anyway.

And why did I make 3 plates, you might ask.  Because one had a crack, so there aren't 4. 

And when they are glaze fired, they'll shrink a bit more, and be nice sandwich plates.

NOTE from 2023: I decided to keep these, and love having sandwiches and small salads and even deserts on them

Today's quote:

Compassion is not weakness and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism. -Hubert Humphrey, US Vice President (27 May 1911-1978)

Poppies everywhere

 

Can you stand another old pottery post? I promise I will give something more current tomorrow!

Repost from 2018

 The white of the outside is a smooth unfinished, but vitrified clay surface...I think it's a great contrast to the shiny bright red of the poppy.  Of course it's food safe.

Quote for today:
We now know that memories are not fixed or frozen, like Proust's jars of preserves in a larder, but are transformed, disassembled, reassembled, and recategorized with every act of recollection. -Oliver Sacks, neurologist and writer (9 Jul 1933-2015) 

O'Keeffe style Poppies

 A repost from 2018 to share my Poppies on pottery. This is a good way to sit here and heal (me) while you have something pretty to look at. A FB friend has started painting and I'm urging her on, of course. She asked me what my O'Keeffe style was.

Now I've done a vase, which still has a bit of Georgia O'Keeffe's style...and is pretty brilliant (meaning the colors are vibrant!)

I started with these 4 medium size mugs. All my mugs have Celtic Cross thumb knobs.

The same mug next to the vase.

The vase can certainly stand alone, or have some great green stems of flowers coming out of it...what do you think?

Everything is hand painted, while looking at an O'Keefe painting.

Today's Quote:
“Research suggests that one of the most effective things that procrastinators can do is to forgive themselves for procrastinating,” Swanson