Art at The Main
Art at the Main is a coop gallery located in the main library in downtown Salt Lake City. As a member artist, I have 8 to 10 pieces at the gallery. This is my current inventory there. If you are in the area, stop by and see these pieces in person. You will also get to see some wonderful paintings by the other member artists, and get to meet one of the artists manning the gallery. For directions, hours, etc, see the Art at the Main web site.
Little Monsters: $50
From March 16th through April 11th, I will have my Little Monsters collection at Art at the Main. They are all $50, except for one piece that has two figures, that one is $100. There are 20 of them there, so look at my Little Monsters slide show page to see them.
Ammonite Vase: $100
This is one of my favorite of the ammonite vase series. The ammonites were molded from the same porcelain as the vase. I painted them with a slip colored with a Mason stain. The ammonites are coated with a clear glaze, the rest of the vase is covered with a Shino glaze.
Dendrite Plate: $30
This is a small version of the dendrite platter series. The dendrites are based on a pattern found on the side of a polished ammonite.
Shell Platter - Stoney in Temmoku: $75
This is the original style of shell plate. The plate is dipped in the black (Temmoku) glaze. The pattern is carved out of the glaze and filled with a white glaze. Then it is fired. In the firing, the two glazes mix (or iron from the Temmoku diffuses into the white) creating a nice organic appearance.
Shell Plate - Granite in White: $30
Oops. I forgot to photograph this one. It is a small plate with two shell patterns on it, like the shell platter. The difference is that the plate is white with granite grey shells, like the triple nautilus platter below.
Pod Vase: $45
This is a wheel thrown vase that was altered and carved. The top half is colored with iron oxide instead of a glaze.
Black and Red Bowl: $30
Two glazes that go together well are Temmoku and Tomato Red. They are both traditional iron glazes.
Big Blue and White Bowl: $40
This is a modified "stick bowl." Stick bowls are fun to throw. You center the clay, open it, and raise it up into a tall cylinder just like throwing any other bowl. To shape it, you use a stick. I use a piece of 3/4" dowel. You start by resting the dowel against the inside wall of the cylinder, one end just one the floor. With the wheel turning, you slowly bring the top of the stick out so that the whole cylinder flares out into a section of a cone.
OK, it's not quite that easy. Sometimes you have to fiddle with pulling out just the top for a bit. You also have to be careful not of let the bottom of the stick plow into the base of the bowl. Once I have the cone, I like to modify the shape. I will at least turn the lip out a bit sharper. Sometimes, I go back and curve the side to remove the stick's lack of shape.
This is another of my favorite combinations of glazes, PV White and Emily's Purple. (The PV is for Plastic Vitrox, a type of clay.) The white tones the purple into a lovely blue.
Triple Nautilus Platter: $75
If you put one nautilus pattern on a platter, the design is a little disappointing. There is this open end to the nautilus that just sits there. With three nautiluses, the open ends can join to the other shells.