Collaboration!

Chris and I just finished a series of pots together and they came out quite well. The hard part about working on one piece of art with two people is trying not to ruin each others' vision. Chris hand-built a few bottles/decanters and carved in images based on some of Picasso's paintings. He bisque-fired them and then handed them off to me to glaze. I was worried and a little scared that I wouldn't glaze them as he pictured them. We talked about it a lot and I decided to forge ahead. I looked a the prints of the paintings while I glazed. Although I couldn't get the exact colors down, I did mimic the feel and color values (lights and darks). I chose to use Speedball glazes because I'm very familiar with how they look when fired on Raku clay and, they don't run. I needed these glazes to stay exactly where I put them, but I didn't want to go with underglazes. I did use a few underglazes with no glaze over them to add some variety. I use Amaco, Velvet Underglazes. The combination worked out quite well, and overall, I'm pleased.
update:
We took the pots to the Craven Arts Council Gala a few weeks ago and sold three. We sold a couple at the Village Gallery in Oriental as well. There's only two left and they're at our store. I need to find the pictures we took of them and add them to this post!

Cooperative Art

Chris and I are doing a series of pots together. He really enjoys hand-building and he has made a group of vessels with carvings of paintings by Picasso on them. I'm glazing them. I sure hope I don't mess them up. I'll post some pictures when they are done.