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Published: 2013-05-02 23:09:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 8038; Favourites: 199; Downloads: 0
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So, I recently broke down and purchased a pottery wheel. Haven't thrown in almost 8 years, so it took awhile to get the hang of it. Here is my first creation, a tentacle pitcher! I call it, a cephalopitcher.
Anyway, this guy is going in the kiln this weekend, and I hope to have it for sale once our eCommerce site goes live by the end of the month. What color(s) should it be!?
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You can put a tentacle in my pot any day
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ooooh~
this is cool, great concept!!!
I miss throwing on the wheel T^T
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Nice nice nice the tentacle handle is genius. Does it work well as a handle or is it hard to hold?
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It's actually very comfortable!
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Nice job.
Check out this M A R Y O ' M A L L E Y. her site www.maryomalleyceramics.com/
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It should be either dark blue/purple or light aqua with blue. Maybe you could even add gloss at the end of the tentacle to make it appear shiny and clean while taking steps to make the top look a little muddy.
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Very creative thinking. Did you extrude the handle or roll it out? How did you create the "suckers" on the tentacle?
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I rolled it out, then made each sucker by hand... smooshing little balls of clay one at a time.
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So awesome~!
My suggestions for glaze are
A.something more natural (shades of green, green-blue, green-yellow or green-red)
b. crazy acid colours to make the complement the tentacle and weirdness of it more. Like hot pink with vioket/purple or any combo with neon shades
Do you own a klin at your place too? I've recently been hooked by some throwing vids on youtube and was researching online; real deal potter's equipment is definately expensive O-o not a hobby one can just get into on their own, I guess it's best to try and go to a class first... I've always wanted to try throwing, even if just once in my life, to see how it feels 
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I do have a kiln, I picked it up on craiglist from a glass blower! 
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We keep it in a garage. It can reach temperatures over 2000 degrees F. (I singed an eyebrow off peeking into a peephole once.) 
It can't blow up, but I've had pieces I was firing blow up inside the kiln. Makes a very very very very huge mess. haha
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D: sounds dangerous. I've heard that sculptures can blow up if you don't hallow them out,right ? It has something to do with surface pressure or clay shrinking? (I dunno)
Hope your brow grew back ^_^
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green wash maybe some lighter white/green for the suckers then a clear seal for the wet look perhaps...beautiful work..love the humor in the piece...would love to see some smaller tentaculars making their way over the side and down the pitcher surface...pitcher shape also beautiful..hope it fires well..
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That is pretty awesome! Know what it needs? A teapot
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Haha thank you! I seem to have a tentacle obsession lately.
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everyone has a tentacle obsession.
also, awesome pitcher.
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Good!
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