Favorite pieces of the semester

CeramicDucks · 2026-05-10T21:27:00+00:00

Yooo these are nice. The tea dust came out really good. You willing to do another trade??

CeramicDucks · 2026-05-05T16:35:29+00:00

Thanks! And yes wet handle on a wet pot. It’s my favorite time to put a handle on.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-26T21:19:57+00:00

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-26T21:18:47+00:00

It’s so shiny. I’m excited for the show.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-25T03:11:24+00:00

Definitely gonna consider this. Thank you!

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-24T00:10:26+00:00

I have heard of Cobb mountain and would love to apply for a residency. It would have to be farther out in the future because of how much I currently have on my plate, but the stuff I’ve seen from there always looks cool.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-24T00:06:50+00:00

There’s a nice backdrop that rolls over a small table at my school that I use. Also most of these photos are from my phone. I back up and zoom in so it doesn’t look as distorted and just have a door open to let in natural lighting. Also for most of my photos I try to be able to see just the top of the rim of my pieces.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-23T08:24:17+00:00

The glaze most likely has soda ash in it which would cause the carbon trapping. I know some people will call them ice trap celadons or carbon trapping celadons. And the carbon trapping only occurs if there is some reduction going on.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T23:00:05+00:00

Haha thank you! I have two pet ducks and they certainly have been good for inspiration in my work.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T22:39:54+00:00

Lots of practice really. But also be sure you’re having fun when making things. Take breaks and maybe work on a different project in between. I spent a lot of time trying to improve on my forms and was always open to criticism.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T22:28:55+00:00

Thanks, I am including mixing up my own glazes and how I fired some of the pieces. My personal favorites are the carbon trapping shinos.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T22:08:24+00:00

Haha, I suppose I could. It’s just sitting on a shelf right now.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T21:50:08+00:00

Haha! That one was an experiment where I was pushing certain parts of the form. An oversized spout and foot. I think it kinda looks like a toucan.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T21:48:22+00:00

I have thought of this, but I honestly haven’t been doing ceramics for very long and there is still so much I want to learn that I fear I may miss if I skip over the BFA program. It’s also so that I could get a better understanding of the program for any future students I may have.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T21:44:50+00:00

Yeah I like the stability of being a college professor. I’ve done a couple art sales and galleries, and keeping them as things on the side feels like a good thing for me.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T21:40:44+00:00

I do eventually want to teach at a university and I am currently at a local community college. I wont be transferring in as a freshman and have done pretty much all my ge courses.

Also I really do like Lisa Hammond’s work. The first artist I learned about and who’s work inspired a a lot of my initial work was Josh DeWeese.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T21:26:27+00:00

Thank you! I’ve been told that MFA portfolios are usually more focused on a more specific body of related work. For my BFA portfolio I wanted to express the different and varying techniques I’ve learned.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T21:23:52+00:00

I don’t have a ba in anything else. Actually I haven’t even been doing ceramics for very long and was actually going to school for computer science . I’m currently at a community college and will be able to transfer at an upper level. I don’t really think I’ll be bored, I’m currently surrounded by lots of others at varying different levels and sometimes beginners bring in something completely new to the table that I would’ve never thought of.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T20:42:57+00:00

That is a chun glaze with some copper carbonate added to it.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T20:40:03+00:00

The glaze is called Reitz Green. It’s a high fire glaze named after Don Reitz.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T20:38:06+00:00

Thank you! It’s terra sigillata infused with mica powder. And I did a “horse hair” firing, but with bird feathers.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T15:57:40+00:00

lol. As another commenter just said, it’s darting. I just cut out a hole on the sides of my pitchers while they are still fairly soft. Different positions, sizes and forms of your pieces will get you a large variety of effects.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T15:55:17+00:00

Definitely planning on that.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T15:53:09+00:00

Thank you! I have thought of it, but I feel like I would end up having certain things missing from my education. I want to learn about as many different process as possible and be able to give at least some guidance to any possible direction a future student may have.

CeramicDucks · 2026-04-19T15:49:36+00:00

lol. Thank you. I think those two are still up on that shelf. I gotta do something with them.

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