Some pots for the new gallery

I thought I would try posting a few new(er) pots into the new site gallery. After a few tests and some help I THINK I got it right?
Let me know if these look right posted.

First are two Bamboo wrapped carved logs. unglazed. Longest is about 10 inches .

Here are a couple riveted pots with copper green glaze. The drum pot is about 13" across.

Here are some once-fired pots.
First is a large rustic bunjin about 16" across,
and
a smaller rustic round about 10"

Here are a couple views of a large rustic once-fired cascade.

Here is a 18" matt granite glazed banded oval
and
a large and small pair of ash glazed scoops.

They look fine, Dale! Persistence pays off!

They look good from here!

The carved logs are really neat. Though unglazed, I note an interesting surface sheen. I'm curious whether that's some sort of wash or sprayed flux or just a trait of the particular clay body. Whichever, I like it.

DaveT

Thanks for the help John.

Here is a better picture of the shorter bamboo/carved log. It was about 6" long total. I don't usually spend this much time on a pot that small but I made it especially for Irene Britton.

A couple shohin about 6-7" across.
I've been doing quite a few versions of these pots in many sizes and shapes. I call these "Dry Riverbed Pots" since they resemble the dry, cracked mud on a riverbed or lake floor.

A couple more shohin

A yellow oval about 10" across
and
a red ash round about 10" across.

A 5 sided asymmetrical shohin. My trademark pot.
and
A large deep unglazed round I made for a friend.

Here is a big pot I made for Mike Page.
It is a rustic unglazed pot 18" x 4" inside dimensions.

A wide rimmed cascade w/ ash glaze. More "Dry Riverbed Pots"

A low unglazed pot with compressed rim
and
a round about 10" with crackled glaze

An oval about 17" across.

Another oval about 15" across with a cracked glazed rim

A third oval about 16" across with cracked glazed rim

Dale,
Nice pots as always, good to see this site up and running again. I have been playing with this techinique as well only titled "lizard skin", or "alligator skin".

.

Nice pots fellas,
Are we seeing a new trend in bonsai pots? I've seen the sodium silicate technique in mainstream ceramics, but it seems like it has real potential in the bonsai world. I like how you use slips to fill the cracks and glazes to cover it all. I wonder what it would look like to use a slip in the cracks that has a chemical that reacts with the overglaze. With copper in the slip and a little tin in a blue celadon over top, and with a reduced kiln you would have red cracks on a pale blue background. Or cobalt slip with a shino over.
-Preston

Dale

Love the pots the cracked rim pot is beautiful

Robert / Preston

I am in the middle of sodium silicate heaven at the moment. So so useful for Bonsai and great fun!!

Good to see your work Robert, beautiful

All the best

Andy

Robert,
Great to see you back here, my man! Your pieces are evolving quite nicely I must say.

Andy,

A couple of questions:

Are you adding your sodium silicate to a slip, glaze or both?

To what percentage are you adding them to each/either?

The gas kiln certainly brings out the stained crackles better than the electric kiln.
the large ovals shown were first in the system and elctric fired. Only a few were gas fired. They are piling up.
Here are two that show the difference well.
Top is gas fired and bottom is electric fired.