Swirl and Blur

For most of these pictures I was trying to catch the cool swirling whirlpool effect I witnessed when I first approached that rock with the sea palm. I lack patience, and will try again another time, but the sequence may suggest helpfully some sense of the swirling currents at play here just south of the double arch at Stillwell Point.

 

Mendocino Pleasures

Paddle, paddle, paddle.

Whirl and Swirl

"Whirl is king": Aristophanes

I love spirals.

"Whirl is King" -- Aristophanes

Shadow of a Man

"Whirl is king."  --Aristophanes

Trickster: Glimpses

Trickster: sculpture mix; brown, black, and maybe shino glazes, blended; copper wire, hammered.

(I've posted shots of this live model exercise at various times in this blog; if you are interested, please use the label-link "Trickster" below.)

Bowls: Today's Wet Clay

Three shots of the four bowls I made today on the wheel.  These are the first bowls since last Fall, and I feel happy to have done so well after all this time.  (I relearn how to throw on the wheel almost every summer, for I don't keep up my skills during the school year.)  

The bowls are medium to small in size, as you can see by comparison with the standard shop bucket and with my foot there.  (I wear a size 11, usually ; my foot is an actual foot in length.)

Now, three shots may seem excessive here.  I mean, it's just four bowls.  Not one shot seemed to convey the real shapes and sizes the way I wanted.  I'll have to consider composition and angles more closely next time.

Wet clay: the studio mix of recycled Navajo Wheel and Stoneware.  

Boil and Bubble, Whirl and Wobble . . .

I like the boils in the water right in front of me.  Miniature whirlpools!

A fine day in February of this year.  Glad I went out.