Ceramicist at Large

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Yami's Intro Post

Hi! I'm currently a ceramics hobbyist, but I'm trying to move into a more serious relationship with my art.

My inspirations are largely based in Indian culture and art, but I'm also really into connecting cultures. Some of my favorite songs are mixed-language and I'm in love with the Assamese concept of enajori, which is the invisible "thread of love" that ties people and culture.

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I made the greenware for "Warli Vessel #6" a few weeks ago and it came out of last week's bisque firing.

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I started these Raku coil pots a few weeks ago. They just came out of a bisque firing last week and I'm still working on glazing them.

I'm designing these based on the fact that Raku turns black when it's reduction fired. I'm using White Crackle Raku glaze on the smaller one, and a checkerboard pattern of White Crackle and Copper Penny. I've done a Raku firing before at my uni's studio, and the results were gorgeous, so I decided to do some pieces myself. I'm hoping we can get one set next semester, which will be my last.

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After making "Warli Vessel"s 2 and 5, my obsession with making mugs with Indian sgraffito designs on them increased significantly.

This is my first set of stackable mugs, and they actually just came out of a bisque firing last week. They'll probably be glazed by the end of this week, but probably won't be glaze fired until the end of the summer.

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Before I started making my "Warli Vessel"s I got really into making mugs. Here are some of the ones I made in my 4th semester.

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I started making "Warli Vessel #2" (the mug) a little bit before I had the opportunity to make "Warli Vessel #3" (the handled vase), so these two came out of bisque firing and glaze firing together, along with a dish I made for the mug.

This mug is definitely my favorite and probably the one that turned out the best among all my other pieces in this collection.

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"Orchid Vase"

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"Warli Vessel #5"

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"Warli Vessel #4"

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Warli Plate greenware

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"Warli Vessel #3" is very important to me.

The ceramics professor at my uni threw this pot on the wheel as a demo for his class, and then proceeded to give it to me to do whatever I wanted with it cause he wasn't going to use it for anything.

So I put handles and a foot ring on it, painted over it with my Terracotta Engobe, Sparkle Black Engobe, and some white underglaze, and carved some warli designs into it.

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Warli Vessel #1

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Some other cool stuff I made in my ceramics class

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In my 4th semester I took the ceramics class for real and I became obsessed with making lanterns.

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In my 3rd semester, my boss put me on a project to make bonsai pots for his art practice. These are some of the results. I've included both finished works and works in progress.

I'm actually picking back up on this project, but the pots will be much simpler.

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Just some of the first pieces I made in my 2nd semester. I wasn't actually registered for the class, but I'd made friends with the professor over the summer and he let me sit in and learn regardless. It's thanks to his generosity that I've been able to achieve what I have.