My work is made with porcelain and stoneware and is organic in nature. To achieve these forms I throw pieces on the potter's wheel and then alter them while they are still very soft. Some are decorated with clay "paint" called slip, some are glazed. To enhance these forms, I fire them in my salt kiln which produces a rich depth of surface. I love making functional forms: bowls, vases, bottles and plates. I like knowing that someone enjoys their morning coffee from one of my mugs!
The garden ornaments are my latest work. I am an avid gardener and have always enjoyed decorating my garden just as I do my home. The birds are painted with designs based on the head-markings of actual birds. The salt-fired surface of these pieces is especially at home in the landscape.
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Garden Bird
15" across
Thrown and altered stoneware with slip decoration
Based on markings of a Harris Sparrow
Bird Bath
6" x 6" x 10" long
Slab built
Toad House
12" x 12" high
Thrown and altered with additions and slip decoration
Garden Fish
12" long
Thrown and altered with additions and slip decoration
Frog
9" Tall
Thrown and altered with additions
Decorated with sponged engobes
Bird Mug
6" tall
Thrown and altered with slip decoration
Bird Mugs
Mugs made for the family and friends of Anita Cox
Small Bottles
Tallest 4"
Sugar and Creamer with Tray
4" tall
Glazed
Peacock Vase
7" tall
Thrown, altered, joined with additions
Decorated with engobes
Bottles
8" tall
Glazed with crystalline glaze
Green Boat
5" high x 4" wide x 11" long
Thrown and assembled with slip decoration
Vase
10" tall
Thrown and altered stoneware and glazed
Flat Oval Bottle
6" x 6" x 10" long
Thrown and assembled with slip decoration
Vase
10" tall
Glazed with crystalline glaze