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

Beautifully muted glazes Roger and looking to be very tactile. Love 'em!

Dan

Hello Roger

I like your pots especially the ones with the edges shining trough the glaze!

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 have seen that video some time ago...wanted to link it here but cant find it again.

But I have a IMO better solution. We experienced some slumping ourselfes in the beginning...trying to solve it with cut slab pieces or little supporting clayballs!
But good ideas are sometimes so simple and easy to be overseen.
We always have used some fine special "sand/gravel" for to avoid the sticking of the pots when glaze has dripped down or run down the feet.
One day while arranging the pots for the firing.....talking about how to avoid slumping.....Martin came up with the idea of heaping the "gravel" underneath the pots. That sounded a bit strange and to easy to work!
But...no try....no result...so we tryed that and it worked perfekt !

Facts to be said: I fire to 1220° C and can only fire pots to a 60 cm oval.

Kind regards
Klaudia

Klaudia,
Thank you for that tip! I have an 18 inch gas kiln which I plan to learn to fire to make these pots.
It is really fast and I must learn to control it. In cm is that about 45 I think.

Cone 6 is the best they say for absorbtion.

Judy

Thanks Dan. That's very perceptive, those glazes to have quite a nice feel.

Roger

Thanks Klaudia.

That's a good idea, the little pile of sand to prevent sagging. I have been using thin strips of clay, but the sand pile looks even easier.

Roger

Roger

Love your work thanks for showing.

Klaudia

Excellent idea to prevent sagging. I usually use balls of clay but will try out the sand pile when I next fire. I also use the very fine sand on the kin shelf so it is just a matter of putting extra on the kiln shelf in piles

Regards to all

Andy

I've used grog for this very same thing, and also on shelves. It is also excellent for leveling posts on those not-so-level shelves sometimes. I don't know HOW many grinding jobs I've saved myself in the last ten years using the grog. my original intention for it was as little ball bearings for large pots.
I've never been much of a fan of kiln wash but the grog is nice. Most of the time if you get a drip onto it you can just hit it with a screwdriver tip and off it pops.

Dale

Thanks Andy.

I should try and post more, but I'm hard at spring repotting for the next few weeks.

Roger

My compliments, Roger. Those are very nice pots indeed.

Thanks Reiner, glad you like them.

Roger