judi's kiln...

Submissions for a Bowl Exhibition...





















































Need to order a new background...
I spend too much time photo editing the damned scratches...
PLUS I feel like the color, lighting, grainy thing is kicking my but...
I ALWAYS like the work better in person!
NOW I'm tired and cranky.
Grrrrr and Argh.....

They are patiently waiting to go to their new home!!!
The Copper Canyon

51 First Avenue
Atlantic Highland, NJ 07716
Call for reservations:
721 291 8444

Unique Delicious Southwestern Culinary Flair!!!
Best Tequila Selection!!!

Make sure to order Coffee or tea after dinner in a Judi Tavill mug!
They are all a little different so...
you'll have to go a few times for the real feel of them!
(But you'll want to go back just for the spicy food!!!)

(P.S. Sadly..the photos aren't showing some dashes of red in the cups that make them look rather HOT!)

I was contacted twice today about being in Etsy Treasuries!
One is a Treasury East (the newest kind)...





















and the other is a Treasury West
it came before East...are they saying the west coast is faster...???)






















Dunno... but attention is nice!
Mugs are cooling....
have a great weekend.

The interiors are glazed...
I hope to spray the outsides in the A.M.
Now...zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

So...This is what my Etsy Shop looks like.
Finally enjoying the glazes...
Happy with the forms...
Not a lot of excess CRAP...
And now...
I feel like maybe it bores the bejeezers out of people...
WHY?
It makes me happy...
But it IS rather mellow...
I was sort of shooting for mellow though...
I' feel like I am actually really happy with my work...
And now...
Well..
Lets just say, they aren't KNOCKING DOWN THE DOOR for pottery these days...
And frankly,
I can't FOR THE LIFE OF ME
Figure it out!
Comments are appreciated.

OK!!! I just love this ETSY treasury !!!
I was so happy to be included!
My pitcher is happy to be surrounded by great STUFF!
Eleanor Hendriks really rocked it and
she's a rockin' potter too!
A big thank you!

Working on the Mug Project... we decided to go with the "handmade appeal" and each one with be different... though very close in size...
Don't you love how it takes so much work to give the feeing of simplicity...

Seeing how I can blog from Flickr...

Well I'm clearing space inside my head to move forward with my work... I basically have 2 color stories happening and I needed to see them in a clear-ISH format.
I've got my "Pales" and my newer "Jewels". Basically they are a combination of semi-mattes and glossy glazes and I really need to make large amounts of the bulk of them so when I glaze I can just push ahead. I've been making small amounts testing everything for so long, on and off now, that I am dreading actually buckling down to make the large batches.
PLUS... I have a small(?)project as I am going to make 5 dozen coffee cups for a very cool local restaurant... so of course I want to refine the shape and start crunching... and on top of that, we have spring break coming up Friday and I will be away for a week in Colorado with my family(snowboarding...and celebrating Passover...and totally BUMMING as I will be unable to attend the NCECA conference!!!)But, while I am away, it is a perfect time to sketch and organize my ideas and direction going forward... So I organized my color ideas ahead of time:
Pales:




































































































































Jewels:

That's all I'm sayin'...

I will spare you the glaze test photos because...honestly...they won't mean anything to you ...
I am trying to figure out layering of glazes that will add some depth and dimension to the work and it's a bit of a struggle but...I will press on...also...trying to move into to some darker tones without losing the movement/sculptural quality/detail of the piece... For instance... I am afraid glossy black just looks like a big blob of glossy black...working with mattes...and glossies...Colors that blend...not real harsh color changes on the pieces... I tend to feel that subtle color changes are the ways to go with my pieces. I don't want a block of color, big changes...big contrast or you lose a lot of what i feel is the "essence" of my forms... now I'm just rambling...
but here are a couple of the pieces....
(The darker purple was a request...)