AusBonsai

Thanks kitoi

you have helped me confirm this plant, I bought this plant two years ago at a garage sale and on the side of the pot in texta was written 'elephant foot'. I could never find an image on the internet that matched, my google searches always showed resuts like 'ponytails' and other succulents that didnt look the same.

I reckon it's cool that it acts like a deciduous but it's a succulent, like a portulacaria afra 'jade plant' it can be trained as a beautiful bonsai.

Which i would love to repot into one of your creations

Cheers mate.

That afra is yours? It's a beauty!!

Your Bursera looks to be fagaroides and a nice one too.

Fantastic pots, Kitoi and they go so well with your great succulents! Do you have any skin left after throwing with that groggy clay?
Penny.

Thanks Penny!

The grog actually exfoliates as it smooths to leave my hands soft and supple

I threw some porcelain over the weekend and it felt strangely smooth after throwing course clays all the time.

Go large!

I've been getting a few requests for larger sizes so I've been practicing

30.5cm diameter


36cm


Need bigger bats to go bigger.

The bottom one is interesting! It looks on the verge of exploding! nice work!

You are comming out with intresting ideas with the cracked effect kitoi.
The one I did with a smooth rim was done before the cracked effect. It seems you have done this after. It looks very refined I will have to try it out.
I am guessing the actual cracked effect has been enhanced with some carving or something before creating the cracks on these two. Am I anywhere close
I will have to try that as well.
Will these be round pots? I have started adding my base from the inside when making oval cracked pots so the cracked effect goes all the way to the bottom.

Thanks jow!
I may have pushed a little too much on that one.

Bretts,
I've been doing lots with crackpots, there's about 30 drying waiting for a biscuit. Correct, the rim is down after the cracks. Tried prior to cracking and could never keep the rim uniform. These will be round, I will do a large oval today for a custom order I received yesterday (you can read and see photos at my blog). I've starting adding the bottom on the inside also for the same reason, my first oval was applied on the outside and could not disguise the seam enough to make it look like it was one with the walls.

Your not even close No carving was performed, it's all in the stretch....

Nice pottery work Kitio, is this a 36cm diameter, how much would one of these cost.


Also Bretts i seen your work also, good job. When did you say you would bring me one over? Just kidding,Petra!

Thank you Petra!
36cm would be $110us raw or $140 stained or glazed

Rim formed before cracking

Another large (45cm) pot, this time it is oval shaped.

Check out the time line here
http://plants-pottery-photo.blogspot.com/

Ready to export to Australia Kitoi?

Send me a PM

as always lookn good keith!

Ahh I think I see what you are doing now or do I

I found one that I pushed pretty far started to get actual plate movement of the cracks. It looks like it could be possible if taken further it starts to look like yours. I found that it was possible to let it sit for a while and then take it further. It looks like it has eventually created layers of different miosture level There may be some cay added to the inside. But in any event it looks like layers of cracked clay have fallen off.
You could get lost in this technique for years there are so many variables with it.
Your work always encourages me to find time to do some more.
How often are you getting a fired pot finished these days? do you use a small kiln. It made sense when mentioned that a small kiln enchorages experimentation. Even being able to fire one pot/piece at a time.
I get my first good glaze fire for this year in a couple of weeks. I hope I have some decent stuff to show off.
I had liked the horst style of crack pot with irregular cracks more than the obvious wheel thrown style but now I see there are so many inbetween.
With the bottom put in from the top the styles are limitless.

Leigh,
It's a supply and demand thing, there's plenty of demand and I can't keep up with supply being a hobby potter.

Thank you as always ant!

Bretts,
Your getting it! What I do is work on two pots at a time, make one then set it aside, make a second then set it aside. Now go back to the first and do some crack work then move on to the second. The drier the clay surface the more fissures you get. I'm doing some trials of Horst style cracks but haven't got it quite figured out, need to make more.

Your only limited by your imagination and I got plenty of that

For a while I was firing once or twice a week when I was experimenting with glazes but lately I've just been making pots, have about 40 that need to be bisque fired. We have two kilns, one small and one large.