Saturday, December 21, 2013

Piano box in the making

This morning I got another commission. Someone saw a piano box that I made and came to our store to find it, only to realize it had already been sold. Thankfully, he contacted me and asked me to make another. I am making this one out of white clay so that I don't have to worry about rubbing underglaze off of the keys!

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Nice day at the shop


It's really sunny and cool outside today so I set a table of pottery outside and propped opened the door of our studio. During our quiet season (no classes till january) I like to spend time creating inviting pottery displays. The typewriter boxes have generated a lot of attention.

Our studio is doing well, We have the spring schedule all planned out and the summer camps in the works! Our calendar is full of visiting artists and fun workshops.

I keep trying to list my work on my etsy shop but then I get sad. Its not that I don't want to sell my work, its just the thought of never seeing or talking to the people who buy it. I almost think that I make pottery so I can find people who like the same things that I do.

But I also find joy in knowing where my work is going. Right now I have work locally, in a gallery in Havelock, and under a Christmas tree in Washington DC.

I think I will try selling art at the farmers market instead for a while.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Skate shoe

I liked this piece before, but I love it now. The Temoku gives a much darker, deeper effect on the clay than the relic wash, which sometimes burns off in the kiln. I might be brave enough to fire my Zen tangle shoe using the same method.

I used teal underglaze on the greens are.

Friday, December 13, 2013

Temoku everything

Temoku  has definitely been a favorite of mine lately. But I have also been playing with removal of glazes from certain areas to create contrast and show off the naked clay. She skate shoe is a test, it has teal under glaze under the temoku and the clay is white. We will see if it turns out well enough for me to glaze my Zen tangle shoe with this technique.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Shelley on the wheel

My mother and I co-own the little studio where I work. Recently a friend asked her to make an urn for her father. Shelley created this beautiful pot with great white clay from stone mountain. Isn't it something?

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

So many shoes

I am finally starting to create shoes the way that I like them. I'm getting very close to achieving my original vision, and people are charmed by the results. I have sold many if the shoes that I have posted here, but I still have a lacy teal shoe and the black. Under glaze and rub'n buff shoe. People have started asking me to make high tops. Honestly I am not found of them! They have been nothing but trouble. I will post the shoes I have been working on but I probably won't make any more high tops.

Sad shoe

This one came out of the bisque fire falling apart. I tried to fix it with ware repair but no luck. I now keep my crochet hooks and scissors in it. It works quite well in my room but serves as a constant reminder that attaching clay properly is extremely important.

Hannah C. Mathiot

I am a local artist in New Bern, North Carolina. My artwork centers around the things that interest, challenge, and inspire me. To buy my work, please visit my studio or contact me.