Here’s a timely new Wally adventure! With the economy and the debt ceiling front and center in the news today, it’s only natural that Wally should be riffing on this theme. I love the fact that now, when someone asks me what I do for a living, I can say, “I recreate The Sistine Chapel frescoes on pottery.” This minor masterpiece is available in mugs, plates and bowls at my online store. But wait! There’s more! This week’s firing also yielded a bizarre mug for the Mitt Romney camp. I just found out about the whole “magic Mormon underwear” phenomenon and I couldn’t help but make a commemorative coffee mug about cosmic undies. I’m thinking that I could do a mug design for each of the presidential candidates in next year’s primary elections. Have you seen the pic of Michelle Bachman on the cover of this week’s Newsweek Magazine? Inspiring!!!
On the other end of the pottery spectrum, I pulled some really lovely red pots out of the kiln this morning. The glaze surfaces are amazing! They are just a little darker and “smokier” than usual, and the way the glaze pools in the cracks is truly dazzling. Here are two unique red serving bowls that are for sale for $55.00 each in the Ohata Kaki Red section of my online store. The one with the altered rim was a bowl that flopped while I was throwing it on the wheel. I liked the odd undulations in the clay so I kept it and trimmed it. Then it sat on the shelf unglazed for years, and the ohata red glaze was the perfect way to finish it. If you like this ten inch diameter bowl, you should snap it up in my online store, because I won’t be making another one like it!
