Mud It Is

What have I been doing for the last several months??? The answer is pottery. I love it. If I could, I'd go to Italy, Japan, or Mexico to do some sort of ceramic internship for the summer. I've let go of modern art a bit and started to take a preoccupation with crafts and just functional art in general. Photos of recent clay work will be uploaded soon.... Everything's still in the kiln. Ever since college, I've been using clay in most of my sculptural work, but did not become a full fledged potter until recently. I've stopped painting and drawing almost completely. I get more lazy with those mediums. Wheel-throwing involves less conceptual thinking...

I've been studying Maiolica Ole spanish style pottery. Decorative blue cobalt on white, like the old chinese dynasty styles... or like the layout of this blogsite...lol. I'm obsessed with navy blue, probably due to the old japanese influential styles of sachiko/indigo prints. Hence, most of my pots are glazed with dark blue hues.