Here are a few recent pots

I haven't posted anything for a while, so I thought I'd put up a few of my recent pots before I get too busy with repotting trees.

Light blue rectangle:


Slightly smaller light blue rectangle:


Large oval:


Unglazed rectangle:


Another unglazed rectangle:


Here's a few accent size pots:














Here are a couple more large ovals:




A couple of literati pots:




A couple more rectangles:





That's about it for now. As usual, comments are welcome.

Roger

Roger,
I am new to this list and know nothing about bonsai just yet but I've been making pots for about 7 years now. (They say you don't really get ceramics for about 10 years)
So, with that disclaimer, your pots are lovely. I made one this afternoon which I have high hopes for. Am looking for an ez cube to photograph the pots.

Love the understated blue glaze. Thank You for posting the pictures.

Judy

What is literati?

Nice pots Roger.
The light blue with the dark clays are very nice!
D.

What are the measurments on the light green large ovals. I would buy one if large enough. The word "LARGE" means different things to different people. For me it means like 23" or more. For many people, they say Oh I don't make anything that large-too difficult. So when pinned down large means 17" to them. I am serious about buying. Also price range? Thank you. Dustin Mann

Very nice pieces Roger. Thanks for sharing them here

May I ask are these cone 6 reduction?

Rob

Hi Judy,

Thanks. Literati is a style of bonsai that is gennerally tall, slender, and rugged looking with sparse foliage. They are usually potted in somewhat primitive nanban style round pots.

Roger

Thanks Dale and Rob.

Rob, these pots are cone 6 oxidation.

Roger

Hi Dustin,

You are right, large is relative, and as you note, the difficulty factor goes up rapidly the larger the pot gets. These large ovals are about 17" wide, which I gather is smaller than you are looking for. Unfortunately due to the size limitations of my kiln I can't fire a pot that would end up being 23" wide. Around 20" is about as big as I could make.

Roger

Thanks, Roger, for the explanation.

I saw something on youtube where an asian potter used a cut out slab fired under the large low pots to help with slumping.
I thought it was very clever. Notched away for the feet. (I think it was a kiln shelf material he cut himself) For really
large sizes I bet this would make a difference.

Judy

Nice sampling of pots! The literati ones are great!

I saw that youtube video, since then I've been making a similar support from the clay when I create the feet on large diameter pots.

Thanks Kitoi. I'll have to take a look at that Youtube video. I have been using thin strips of clay under the pot to prevent excessive sagging of the bottoms on the larger pots.

Roger

Hi Roger,
Some great looking pots. Maybe one day I'll have a tree deserving of such a pot.
Cheers Graham

Thanks Graham. I think you must have a tree or two that are about ready for a nice pot.

Roger

Hi Roger,

beautiful pots have you taken out of your kiln.
This type of pots are very popular in Germany.

Best regards
Peter

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the kind words.

Roger