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#clay #impression of #kelp. I hope to make a reverse impressions from this using it as a mold. Then make tall planters from those slabs. That or it might end up as part a series of hanging #sea and #driftwood art pieces. #clay #ceramics #planter #mattsmud #mattsmudworks

Another vase/flower dish. #ceramics #pottery #potter #clay #ikebana #instapottery #mattsmudworks #mattsmud

I made this on the last day of a five day workshop with all the already wedged clay I had left or recycled. The result was lots of small pots, but the worship was big pots, so I made a big pot by putting them all together. #potteryvideos #clay #ceramics #planter #mattsmud #mattsmudworks #PIApottersinaction @pottery_videos #potsinactionvideo

This is a pot made initially with no bottom. This lets me expand the texture all the way out with no bottom to hold back the form. The texture is done in soft slip added to the outside. Torching it adds cracks that then soften once the go wet again from the moisture of the slip. A slab bottom is added once it firms up. #potteryvideos #clay #ceramics #planter #mattsmud #mattsmudworks #PIApottersinaction @pottery_videos #potsinaction

#abalone inspired #ceramic vessel. #wheelthrown and #altered #stonewarepottery #mattsmud #mattsmudworks

#ceramic #wheelthrownpottery #faceted with a wire spring, white and green glaze over red #clay #mattsmudworks #mattsmud

Ceramic planter, this is the bottom and drain hole, texture was done witching a chattering tool. #planter #clay #ceramic #mattsmud #chattering

I am taking my #faceted #planters / #pottery to a new shape. Throwing without a bottom lets me expand out as far as I can stretch the clay. Then I put on a slab bottom. This can also let me make ovals, or other shapes than round. #mattsmud #ceramics #clay