First pots

I have been making pots for bonsai for about a year. I am not a bonsai person but a potter.
I came across this web site a few months ago. I was very excited to see the open way that pots are discussed here.
Here are four of my pots. The first two were fired in reduction to cone 8 in a gas fired kiln. The last two were fired in an anagama with wood to cone 12-13. The atmosphere in the anagama cycles from oxidizing to reducing and back again. With the addition of fire wood, the kiln is flooded with ash which combines with the vitrified clay to form a glaze. The anagama is fired for three and a half days.

Nice start, Steve. Welcome to the IBC!

I like that last one best, Steve.


btw - nice pics

All look really nice.

fiona wrote:I like that last one best, Steve.

Me too!

Thank you all for your kind remarks and for not stating the obvious, that two gas fired pots and two anagama fired pots should equal pics of four pots, not three. Here is the second anagama pot (I hope).

And now I think I have to say it again...I like the last one best. Nice work.

The last is my fav, too, but I like #2 also. Good work.

I think most bonsaiests might feel that the legs on most of these are just a wee bit too long.

yep, definitely 2 and 4 for me.
Any web site you might be selling your work on ?

I really appreciate your remarks. The 4th pot was my all time favorite but I sold it and now its gone. I agree that the legs are too long for some bonsaiests (neat word,Jim), but I have had some people looking for unusual configurations including long legs. I'm struggling with a web page where more of my pots can be seen. [url]bonsai-potter.com[/url]

very nice - keep making more! We need more good bonsai potters here in California.

- bob