more new pieces

Hello other tree!

The tree has a frame hanging from it with a picture of a fresh, young oak leaf.
When we remember someone's life we often remember an image from the "prime" of their life.









and the red piece....

New Works

So here are the first two of five new pieces. More to come this
week!

This piece was shown at the Humboldt Arts Project last weekend under the title Untitled. What else do you call this?
check out the show at humboldtartsproject.com

This is one of my favorite pieces. I love the composition. And who doesn't love red heels!

now on the web

oops! i forgot to mention...

I HAVE A NEW WEBSITE!!!!

madebyerin.com

Please stop by and check it out;
and then check it out again- soon to see the updates.

Celebration of the Arts

If anyone is in the Humboldt County area this month stop by Morris Graves Museum of Art and check out the Celebration of the Arts this month.
This is the piece that I have in the show. Pieces is the title this show... I think I may change it every time I show it!

These are a few of my favorite things......

CCACA was fantastic despite the rain! Here are a few of my favorite things:

This is Eleman by a professor at Sierra Nevada College (I hope I titled it correctly and apologize for not knowing the creator of such a piece) .... Fascinating! The surface related to an elephant so well, but at the same time perplexed me. I could not tell if I was looking at a glaze or a sliped clay body. And check out the view from the rear:

This piece was the one that stood out to me the most : not to say that there weren't an overwhelming number of amazing ceramic sculptures to be seen! CCACA is always an amazing weekend of art.


These Pit Fired Faces By Chris from College of the Redwoods.






Who doesn't want a gorilla masseuse?


These are the two dresses I let go to new homes!:















I feel that the Humboldt State Show was once again a strong show. We had quite a few sales and the word on the street was strong. So I took too many pictures this weekend to show them all on here! I started a flicker account that you can view HERE. Currently it consists of photos showing the Humboldt show, but it will be updated so please check back often.

CCACA Poster

Check out the amazing artists I get to work in the studio with! I have been putting together this poster to advertise our gallery and school around Davis. We leave tomorrow morning, wish us luck!

CCACA Preview

Here they are. I took a quick shot of them as I was pulling them out of the kiln. Materials: FROST Midrange Porcelain Paper Clay, Underglazes. Today I made titles.

From left to right : Little Black Party Dress, Serpentine Tea Dress, and Red Hot Hearts Dress.

The excitment is brewing as we get ready to go on our journey CCACA. I am putting the final touches the HSU ceramic flyer 2009. Very cool art. To be posted soon.

Oh And These too

Two posts in one day?
Yes, I forgot to post this wall hanging: I am working on a bunch. A shoe series, a big hat lady series, and more!

New Dresses, Amazing Glazing

Sorry about the wait, I'm sure ya'll have been waiting eagerly for my next post!
Well....HERE IT IS!

The newest edition to erin's closet are teacup dresses:

There are four dresses total in this size. I don't know how to finish it yet. Last semester I tried a bunch of colors and finishes, but white is nice too.


Here's four from last semester.




And Mom, I found some glaze combos for you and as soon as I can I will figure out your tray package to post at my new store GARDEN OF ERIN (www.gardenoferin.etsy.com). Here is a taste of your goodies:

All dressed up with nowhere to go

The dresses are done...
but now what?

Most of the color is underglaze that became hot enough to flux and add a subtle sheen. I love working at cone 6 (2264 degrees f) with the color on porcelain.

The results are unique to the clay and temp in my opinion. Hot enough to flux, cool enough to keep the colors vivid.

The ruffle dress has a glaze (top peach color- Tangerine Ice) and the rest is underglaze too.

They're fragile, but at least they are done.

dress update

I finished building the first ruffles dress. And successfully moved it to and from the first firing!!!! Only one or two firings left.

My teardrop dress has come a long way as well, however I am not sure if the top of the dress is interesting enough to balance the layered bottom. I am still working the idea out, but the bottom half is built!

answers and small results

If you want to talk about ordering something, just email me for now. I am setting up a store on Etsy.com so soon orders can be made that way.
I guess the prices for the trays would be from $8- $14, depending on the glazes wanted or what surface. And if you want a set it may be different.


Here are two dresses. The left one re-fired from last semester. The one on the right is the first dress of this semester, so far, maybe I'll fire it again.

The First of Mom's Trays

Here are the follow up photos of the first two trays that I posted.









Both trays are made with Black Mountain Clay with porcelain slip. This creates the color variations within the glaze. The left photo also has two different glaze on it for further variation. They were fired in a gas kiln (reduction firing) to cone 10 (2300+ degrees Fahrenheit).

trial, failure, and the results start coming

Where do I begin? It is so so difficult to get back in the swing of things when you think you already should be in the swing of things. (Reality, check) It is especially daunting when you diverge slightly from your pre-established swing.
I have been trying with all my might to make a piece that continues to fail. Multiple attempts and from different design perspectives (but not different enough)
So I made a compromise with myself... Do 3/4 what you know and 1/4 new...
In reality I am going a bit more in the new direction, because the mold is new too.

The mold is the belly of an orange street cone.

The clay, once again, is mid-range porcelain paper clay.

The Goal: merge my vision of a ladder dress with a ruffled obsession.

The first cone mold had a pesky undercut that got in the way of removing the form. I cut the ladder to give the structure a little more movement, held my breath and pried it off.

I love Paper Clay!

Now that it is off I am fully committed to a successful outcome. And to avoid that problem I found a cone without undercuts.

I got my first round of glazed high- fire pieces out of the kiln. The trays did not make it in that firing, but they come out tomorrow so well see them soon.
I am excited about the results of this batch and can't wait to see the next batch.


I will post those tomorrow.

And we're....

Back in the lab!

Only 12 weeks or so till the back room heads down to Davis for CCACA. I am excited for the opportunity to show with Humboldt State again. It will be an amazing show to participate in. And it is, of course, always a fun weekend!

Mom, your plates are in progress.

I'm sticking with the dresses for a now. This time i'm altering the concept of dress, but sticken with the mid- range porcelain (frost) paper clay.



I wonder how I'll finish this one