Diving into pottery

[Pitoon]

I just realized who you are on Instagram, lol

 

[mwar15]

The construction and glaze on this are excellent. Nicely done!

An observation, however--I'm not a potter, but I use A LOT of pots. Square pots are mostly useless for bonsai, or at least very hard to match with trees. Equilateral sides tend to cancel out the visual fore shortening that adds to a tree's image illusion. Shorter sides, coupled with longer front and back (a rectangle) enforces a bit of visual forced perspective. IF this pot had sides that were half or a third shorter than the back and front, it would work well with any number of trees.

Foreshortening is a critical artistic technique for bonsai. It's used in making trees--a wide trunk base, that tapers dramatically to a much narrower top--makes a tree look powerful and tall. That's because it tricks the eye into seeing a larger image in a smaller space. Such foreshortening in a bonsai pot, shorter sides, wider front and back, forces the eye to think its seeing more depth in the composition than there really is....

Thanks for the thought, this pot however was for a group of trees, that’s why it was more square than rectangle. There is a 2-3” difference in lengths in the sides

 

[mwar15]

I just realized who you are on Instagram, lol

Me?

 

[Pitoon]

Me?

Yes

 

[mwar15]

Yes

Ok, haha. Good deal, I hope you enjoy it. I don’t post a lot but I go in waves

 

[rockm]

Thanks for the thought, this pot however was for a group of trees, that’s why it was more square than rectangle. There is a 2-3” difference in lengths in the sides

Groups are even more in need of forced perspective...For all intents, it looks square in the photo...

 

[Pitoon]

Ok, haha. Good deal, I hope you enjoy it. I don’t post a lot but I go in waves

I was looking at the pics of the pots on IG and said to myself, those pots look so familiar, lol.

 

[mwar15]

New clay body. 14.5x10x3

 

[Pitoon]

Looks really good.

 

[Carol 83]

Love the glaze on that one.

 

[mwar15]

Groups are even more in need of forced perspective...For all intents, it looks square in the photo...

I could see that, ultimately it was what the customer wanted. Maybe he is a “rule breaker”

 

[mwar15]

I got some Kusomono pots drying for a local member

 

[Pitoon]

I got some Kusomono pots drying for a local member
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That triangle one is pretty cool.

 

[mwar15]

That triangle one is pretty cool.

It is a little taller than she wanted. I’ll see how it looks after glaze

 

[Pitoon]

It is a little taller than she wanted. I’ll see how it looks after glaze

Slice the bottom of with a razor to shorten it and then add a new bottom? Is it past the leather hard stage?

 

[mwar15]

Slice the bottom of with a razor to shorten it and then add a new bottom? Is it past the leather hard stage?

It’s already at the studio to be fired. I thought about it. If it’s not satisfactory I’ll sell it

 

[mwar15]

21x14 made it through bisque, slight sag in the middle of the floor

 

[Pitoon]

21x14 made it through bisque, slight sag in the middle of the floorView attachment 388406

Nice! Glaze?

 

[mwar15]

Nice! Glaze?

I’m going in Wednesday to do a bunch glazing on test tiles. Thinking a tan/ rusty nail color

 

[Pitoon]

I’m going in Wednesday to do a bunch glazing on test tiles. Thinking a tan/ rusty nail color

I can see that matching that pot.