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18”x 8¼”x 5¼”      $ 290
  "Day at the Beach"

Slab/ Wheel Built Stoneware Bottle. Glazed in a turquoise and white glaze. This piece is carved on five sides, and accented with jade and handmade unglazed stoneware beads. I am trying to capture the colors of the waves breaking on a pebbly beach. The piece was fired to 2400 degrees in a semi reduction firing.
 

11” x 3½” x 3”   $130
  "Tide Pool"

Slab/ Wheel Built Stoneware Bottle. Carved on five sides and accented with clay stamped design. Toasty brown bottom combined with a greenish-blue glaze reflects the colors of the waves breaking on the sandy beaches near my home in Santa Cruz. The piece was fired to 2400 degrees in a semi reduction firing.
 
12” x 5½” x 4”       $140
  "Chilly Wonder"

Slab/ Wheel Built Stoneware Bottle. Carved and colored in a greenish-blue glaze. Sandy colored bottom and turquoise colors reflects the tide line of the oceans or lakes on the earth. The piece is fired in reduction to 2400 degrees.
 

3" x 2" x 13"         $80
  "Lagoon Treasure"

Slab/ Wheel Built Stoneware Vase: Carved on five sides and glazed in a green glaze. Ledges were built onto the vase to hold the jade and various handmade stoneware beads. After constructing the vase in raw form it was dried and fired to 1900 degrees. Then it was glazed and fired to 2400 degrees. After the glaze firing the beads were applied to create the finished design theme.
 

4 ¾" x 3 ¾ x 14 ¾       $115
  "Cash Flow"

Slab/ Wheel Built Stoneware Bottle: First the piece was slab built. The neck was wheel thrown and place on top of the slab built piece. Carved, dried and fired to 1900 degrees. Then washed and glazed in a brown-plum colored glaze. The bottle was then fired to 2400 degrees.
 

5 ¼ x 3¾ x 11¾       $110
  "Golden Explosion"

Slab/ Wheel Built Stoneware Bottle: Piece was first slab built, then the neck was wheel thrown and added to the top of the bottle. Piece was dried for a few days then carved, on five sides, dried more and fired to 1900 degrees. Then glazed and fired to 2400 degrees.



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