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March 19, 2008 by Melynn

I finally got around to photographing some of my new work and a couple of bowls with rolled and pinched rims that I did for my ceramics class. All of these pieces were wheel-thrown and fired to Cone 6 in my electric kiln. The bowl to the left and the vase on the top right were carved, and the small dots around the neck of the vase on the top left was done with a slip trailer.

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10 Responses to “New Work”

on March 19, 2008 at 5:47 pm1 sperlygirl

these are all so lovely - but the carved ones are just spectacular!! you are such a gifted potter.
on March 19, 2008 at 5:50 pm2 Melynn

Thanks, Suz!
on March 20, 2008 at 1:31 am3 Frank DeMarco

Melynn, these are gorgeous! You must be (are, I trust) very pleased. That bottom one, particularly stunning.
on March 20, 2008 at 6:00 pm4 bookbabie

Beautiful work Melynn *she says while sipping tea from her Melynn original
on March 20, 2008 at 9:40 pm5 Irene

My sentiments exactly bookbabie - also while drinking a cuppa from my Melynn original!! And the coffee tastes so good - with the extra flavour in the knowledge that my cup has been crafted by someone like you.
on March 20, 2008 at 9:50 pm6 Melynn

It gives me great pleasure to make things that people enjoy using!
on March 21, 2008 at 8:09 am7 kt40

Melynn,
They are all so exciting to look at!! They just seem really full with everything that you already know and everything that you are learning in your new class. Really stunning. kt
on March 24, 2008 at 11:59 am8 Walter

They are very graceful looking. The two middle ones are my favorite, they seem to be free and open to the world. The rims create a lot of movement that stimulates the senses. The bottom one is also well balanced. The thickness of the rim and decoration seem to balance well. The top two I am not sure about. They are glazed beautifully but seem a little top heavy although it is hard to judge from a picture. I would like to hold them and turn them around in my hands. The left one has a graceful curve. Well that is the teacher in me. I was also hoping to see some high fired reduction glazes on some of these. Any hope for the future? Peace!
on March 24, 2008 at 1:15 pm9 Melynn

Hi Walter, looking at the top two vases I see what you mean about them being top heavy. I’ll have to work on that. I do have some pieces that I fired in the gas reduction kiln at Harvard that I’ll put on my blog soon. Some of them didn’t come out the way I expected them to because I wasn’t familiar with the glazes, but I did some honey pots and garlic jars in Spodumene that came out great!
on March 27, 2008 at 2:59 am10 Richard

Marvelous work as always Melynn.