Re: Some pots for the new gallery

Robert Wallace Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:47 am

I'll post some pics of them when done.....IF I can EVER get out to my kiln shed again!
D.

I'll look forward to seeing them. Ironic that even down south we are in the same boat this year. I still can not get my truck down the drive way and have piles of snow around my kiln shed from the snow we had in Mid December. I though when I left Northern Ohio I was moving to warmer times. I hear it may warm up at the end of the week but if not I am getting my Raku torch out and will finally take care of the ice skating rink that has been my driveway Twisted Evil

Robert

Dale Cochoy Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:25 am

I unloaded the kiln yesterday.
Here are a few new pots.

First is a large 44.5cm rugged Dry Riverbed Crator oval

Some pots for the new gallery - Page 9 Drb_la10

Some pots for the new gallery - Page 9 Drb_la11

Dale Cochoy Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:28 am

A few more rugged Dry Riverbed pots of various sizes

Some pots for the new gallery - Page 9 Drb_li10

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Some pots for the new gallery - Page 9 Drb_eb10

Dale Cochoy Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:33 am

A few glazed slab pots. Two medium-sized rectangles and a shohin yellow 5-sided asymmetrical pot.

Some pots for the new gallery - Page 9 Rusty_10

Some pots for the new gallery - Page 9 Steel_10

Some pots for the new gallery - Page 9 Yel_5s10

Dale Cochoy Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:37 am

Here is a 'Bark' shohin rectangle

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EdMerc Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:42 am

You make the nuttiest pots Dale, and I say that with love and admiration. The things you do should not work, and yet they do. You have a rare and wonderful gift sir.

Ed

peter krebs Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:40 am

Hi Dale,

This is again quite unusual pots, Good work as always. Very Happy

regards
Peter

Harleyrider Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:05 pm

Hi Dale. I really like these new pots. The first one looks to me like it is a very ancient pot which used to have a design stamped around it, possibly cherry blossom, but it has been worn/knocked off over the years.
My favourite is the 4th one. It reminds me of the back of my Grandad's leather chair where it had cracked due to the constant barrage of Brylcream from his hair, such as it was!

Dale Cochoy Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:28 pm

"My favourite is the 4th one. It reminds me of the back of my Grandad's leather chair where it had cracked due to the constant barrage of Brylcream from his hair, such as it was!"

Brylcream! I remember that! They had it in the UK also huh?
Yes, that pot does have the look of an old car or motorcycle seat.

D.

Dale Cochoy Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:31 pm

Here are a few more
A shohin Dry Riverbed pot with 3 clays
and
a larger, low DRB pot.

Some pots for the new gallery - Page 9 Drb_3c10

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Dale Cochoy Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:33 pm

A Dry Riverbed pot with SNAKES.

Some pots for the new gallery - Page 9 Drb_sn10

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Dale Cochoy Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:36 pm

A rugged bunjin/literati pot
and
another 'bark-like' finish.

Some pots for the new gallery - Page 9 Ung_bu10

Some pots for the new gallery - Page 9 Spotte10

Rob Addonizio Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:16 am

Dry riverbed pot with snakes......this pot makes me think of some ancient middle eastern artifact that was pulled out of the sands of Persia.

Very interesting Cool

Harleyrider Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:08 pm

Dale, I don't know if you had the same tv advertising jingle for Brylcreme as us Brits (many years ago)? It went 'A little dab of Brylcreme on your hair, gives you the Brylcreme bou-ounce'. Well, when we were kids we had our own version; 'Put a little dab of Brylcreme on your stairs, and watch your granny bou-ounce'.

Not terribly pc, but hey, it was the seventies!

Dale Cochoy Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:57 pm

ED.
I'm posting this just for you.....

This is a two-layer 'grass' pot I made from scraps which I call the "Peanut Gallery".
When I finished piecing it together it reminded me of the old Howdy Doody show 'Peanut Gallery'....for those old enough to remember! Very Happy

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=howdy+doody+peanut+gallery+pictures&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=TvZdS6-7FoWb8Aab56TDBA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQsAQwAA

Some pots for the new gallery - Page 9 Peanut11

EdMerc Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:59 pm

Hahaha, that's great. Keep 'em coming. Smile

anttal63 Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:26 pm

As always; Blow me away pots Dale. cheers

Morea Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:40 am

Dear Dale

Bit slow with my reaction , sorry,
But i like the "Bark" pots on the previous page very much !

Are the pots with the Bark all around ?
The bark goes so well with the edgy corners and straight feet !
Lovely,
Kind regards
Morea

Dale Cochoy Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:09 pm

Thanks,
Yes Morea, the bark is on all four sides and blends pretty good at the corners.
I have some more on the way.
Dale

Rob Kempinski Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:16 pm

Dale Cochoy wrote:I am working on some good-sized commissioned pots for one of the IBC members for a display of 'avant garde' pots w/trees ( or maybe I should say trees w/ pots) . I've made pots in the past with this type foot and found some really liked them and others....well,.... I took to a few shows!
Two are drying and another just thrown.
I was kind of interested in the bonsai group opinion of this type foot which I'd not seen on any other artists bonsai pots until I read the thread here with the pots from famous Japanese potters Seigan Yamane and Deishi Shibuya who are popular tea ware potters ( which I found out after some 'googling') . I was suprised to see a similar foot cut on a tea bowl-like bonsai pot from Japan!
When I talked via email with the customer I immediately decided to use this foot on at least one piece for him to pick from. It wound up on two of the three I made of which one has three feet and one with four feet.
Anyway, how about some opinions on this type foot.
Dale

I've liked that foot style for years - and I seem to recognize these trees drunken

Dale Cochoy Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:07 pm

[quote="Rob Kempinski
I've liked that foot style for years - and I seem to recognize these trees drunken

[/quote]

I thought you might Rob.
I'm careful about mentioning folks names with trees I show in my pots because I never know just how they'll feel about it. But, I guess the cat is out of the bag Very Happy

The first pot Rob bought at a show several years back. Then he said his wife "borrowed" it, so, I made him the secod pot as a gift to make up for it.

Dale

Dale Cochoy Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:28 pm

It is said that:
"Man cannot live by bread alone.....
He has to have a little peanut butter once in a while"

I guess that concept holds true for me as an artist.
I finally finished a project I've been wanting to do for 38 years now ( OK, so not quite THAT long! Very Happy

).
I made these African Zebrawood grips for my Magna-ported 1972 Colt 'Python' .357 mag that my wife bought me in 1972 when I returned home from a 7 month Med. cruise in the Navy.
I used my bonsai carving tools Very Happy

and a Dremel to fit and shape to MY hand.

Sorry for the non-pottery art.

D.

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Harleyrider Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:01 pm

A gen-yew-ine Colt Python .357 Magnum affraid

Your wife must love you a whole lot, Dale. That is one seriously nice piece of kit you have there.

Jealous? Me? Nahhh. (Snaggin' frazzin' razzin' Dick Dastardly)

Dale Cochoy Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:29 pm

Thanks HD rider. It's Colt's best DA revolver, or was, they haven't made DA revolvers in a while. Only 1911 semi-auto style and Single Action 'Western' style now. Pres. Clinton cut them a deal I believe on the M-16/M-4 contract in return for stopping production of revolvers for retail, or, so I am told. Anyway, it's now worth 9-10 times what it cost!

D.

bumblebee Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:56 pm

Beautiful woodwork. Now how about some more pots??!!! bounce

Libby

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