[igp-video src=”” poster=”https://chasingfirestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/dramatic-lighting-i-finished-this-wee-pot-on-the-weekend-and-its-drying-under-the-watchful-eyes-of-t-1.jpg” size=”medium”] Dramatic lighting // I finished this wee pot on the weekend and it’s drying under the watchful eyes of the surrounding faces. This is going to be another exercise in planning a date for bisque firing then delaying it so I can squeeze juuusssst one more head in. I can feel it. I’ve been occupied elsewhere for a couple of days so the heads are just staring and waiting for their numbers to increase. They nag that way when I see them because I want MORE. So many more. . I’ll be back to making yarn bowls shortly for those that like a good throwing video. Noses and bowls are what the future holds. 🏺 . . [Image description: A white clay pinch pot resting on a dusty charcoal gray board. On the pot is sculpted a realistic eyes nose and mouth. It is surrounded by similar pots of varying sizes. The lighting is very drastically shadowed by a bright light from the front right. ] . . #pinchpots #headpots #facesculpture #ceramicart #modernceramics #handemadeceramics #ceramicpots #ceramicplanter #ceramicstudio #ceramics #ceramicsculpture #claylife #pottery #handmadepottery #handbuiltpottery #potteryprocess #potterygram #pottersofinstagram #potterlife #canadianceramics #AlbertaPotters

[igp-video src=”” poster=”https://chasingfirestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/buttons-sewing-buttons-on-cards-to-better-show-off-these-magnificent-glazes-in-the-light.-spice-up-y-1.jpg” size=”medium”] Buttons // sewing buttons on cards to better show off these magnificent glazes in the light. Spice up your project with these little gems of oomph, available tomorrow Nov 6 at Bridgeland Riverside Community Centre in Calgary. . . . #handmadebuttons #ceramicbuttons #albertapotters @albertapottersassociation #yycevents

[igp-video src=”” poster=”https://chasingfirestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/say-cheese-fresh-outta-the-kiln.-.-.-.-makenewfriends-pinchpots-sculpture-yycartists-ceramic-@albert-1.jpg” size=”medium”] Say cheese! // Fresh Outta the kiln. . . . #MakeNewFriends #pinchpots #sculpture #yycartists #ceramic @albertapottersassociation #albertapotters

[igp-video src=”https://chasingfirestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/video-process-here-is-one-of-my-little-head-pots-from-their-first-resemblance-of-a-face-to-the-fully-1.mp4″ poster=”https://chasingfirestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/video-process-here-is-one-of-my-little-head-pots-from-their-first-resemblance-of-a-face-to-the-fully-1.jpg” size=”medium”] VIDEO Process // Here is one of my little head pots from their first resemblance of a face to the fully sculpted details, to bisque and oxide completion, to the finished glossy piece. This little friend will be with me on Saturday at the @albertapottersassociation show with a small collection of wee friends (many of them are currently cooling – I’ll have photos tomorrow). Please come early for best selection, doors open at 10am and pack your mask and vaccination record. (And your “smize”) 🥰 . . . #pinchpots #potteryprogress #oxide #cone6oxidation #ceramic #albertapotters

[igp-video src=”” poster=”https://chasingfirestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/hot-sunday-and-when-it-is-hot-we-make-empty-heads-in-the-shade-on-the-deck.-its-32-c-here-in-calgary-1.jpg” size=”medium”] Hot Sunday // And when it is hot, we make empty heads in the shade on the deck. It’s 32 C here in Calgary, and I may now just pour myself a cocktail, and go lay in the shade with the hose misting me. Because WOW. ️ . . . #pinchpots #sculpture #facesculpture #facesculpting #CanadianCeramics #AlbertaPotters #plainsmanpottery #handbuilding #ceramics #pottery #studiolife

[igp-video src=”” poster=”https://chasingfirestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/heading-into-bisque-i-keep-meaning-to-run-a-bisque-kiln-but-then-i-make-more-heads-that-need-to-dry-1-1.jpg” size=”medium”] Heading into bisque // I keep meaning to run a bisque kiln but then I make more heads that need to dry first, which extends the wait. I’m learning patience. And how to make duck lip poses in sculpture. Both give me mixed emotions. 🦆 [Image description: three different sizes of white clay pinch pot with humanoid faces sculpted onto the front.] . . #ceramicartist #handemadeceramics #ceramicpots #ceramicplanter #ceramicstudio #ceramicsculpture #claylife #pottery #potteryart #handmadepottery #handbuiltpottery #sculpture #functionalpottery #potterymaker #potterymakers #potterymaking #potteryprocess #pottersofinstagram #potterslife #AlbertaPotters #canadianceramicsstudio

[igp-video src=”” poster=”https://chasingfirestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/big-faces-keep-on-turning-the-latest-pot-in-progress-from-the-very-hot-back-patio.-.-.-image-descrip-1.jpg” size=”medium”] Big Faces Keep On Turning // The latest pot in progress from the very hot back patio. . . [Image description: a grey clay pot with a face with oversized features. ] . #sculpture #portraits #pinchpot #plantpot #ceramics #clay #pottery #CanadianCeramics #AlbertaPotters

[igp-video src=”” poster=”https://chasingfirestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/faces-the-back-patio-and-i-have-been-making-faces-when-the-days-are-too-hot-to-do-much-else.-im-keen-1.jpg” size=”medium”] Faces // The back patio and I have been making faces when the days are too hot to do much else. I’m keen on larger-than-life eyes, drawing them larger and wider on each pot. Huge eyelids upper and lower, nose and lips coming into reality as I work. The birds sing, and I sculpt until the kiln is eventually full (not yet) and the heatwaves that keep rolling over the city start to calm. These pots are not what I was planning but sometimes the heat takes us where it takes us. . [image descriptions for 4 images: Image 1: grey clay with middle hollowed in the start of a pinch pot. Image 2: two balls of grey clay with the middle hollowed out in a pinch pot, with the ball closest to the viewer smooth and sponged and the furthest rough. Image 3: top view of a grey clay pinch pot plant pot with a somber face. Image 4: front view of a grey clay pinch pot plant pot with a somber face, and the start of another pinch pot in the background. ] . #sculpture #portraits #pinchpot #plantpot #ceramics #clay #pottery #CanadianCeramics #AlbertaPotters

[igp-video src=”” poster=”https://chasingfirestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/handle-it-getting-handles-on-waiting-for-mugs-to-dry-the-cycle-continues.-.-.-plainsmanclay-wheelthr-1.jpg” size=”medium”] Handle it // getting handles on, waiting for mugs to dry, the cycle continues. . . #plainsmanclay #wheelthrown #albertapotters #ceramics #clay #ceramicmugs #potterylife #ceramicartist #ceramicsstudio #potteryprocess #CanadianCeramicsStudio #canadianceramics