Pinch and coil with Penny Ericsson 2019.

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We spent some time working at Penny’s home studio. With winter season it was great for us as Penny had a fire going when her kiln was off. We were warm and her studio was sunny. It was a privilege to see her extensive collection of well renowned Potters work in her home and her work in her gallery.

We commenced our module sketching 3 found objects; seed pods and stones and then pinching clay into shape. Whitestone and 2 terracotta clays were used.
Back of seed capsules that have had oxide applied.
Stones rolled in grog from the South Island. Iron oxide applied.
Open stones turned into goblets. Toms black engobe covered with a clear glaze and iron oxide rubbed over outside.
Seed pod with manganese oxide
Oxide and sigillata used with clay from Dunedin.
Pinch pot vase with terrasigillatta. Based on an ancient Egyptian style BC.
Unable to make the base bigger as pinch work only.
Pinch and coil work. Able to make bigger works using coil.
Coiled Terracotta orchid pots. Scaffito effect with Toms white engobe and pattern scraped on.
Big pot commenced extruding clay. Toms white engobe and engobe with cobalt and Toms black engobe with some engraving to take oxides.
Copy of prehistoric pot from China BC. Pinched 3 legs.
Terracotta coil orchid pot. Scaffito effect with Toms white engobe.
Terracotta Pinch pots.
Pinch pot legs and coiled pot made in mould.
Coil work on slump mould with pinch pot legs.

Pinch pot with coil underneath to give lift to the pot. Sprigs attached to side of pot and iron oxide sigillata and bronze slip applied. Alas the orange sigillata colour burnt out in the firing to 1180 degrees.

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