Ahhhh, the Really Big Bowl series. This is what I started doing this semester...and the secret to making big stuff is to start with lots of clay. This started out about 7 pounds, and after trimming and with glaze is probably around 6 pounds. I used a cobalt oxide under a clear glaze to get this result. It turned out much better on the inside, with a few coppery effects thrown in for good measure.

B-mix clay, wheel thrown, 12 inches in diameter. Given to my friend Gina, who commissioned the piece.

The very first of the Really Big Bowl series. Quite a pleasant result, except there is a crack in the side that goes the whole length of the bowl. It's unusable, but makes good decoration. A tragedy, since the glaze came out so wonderfully. This glaze is finiky, since I used the same glaze on another piece and got much different (worse) results.

B-mix clay, wheel thrown, 9 inches in diameter. Sitting on my desk at work.

Another in the Really Big Bowl series. I left some desk items in the picture so you can get a proper size of the thing. It ended up about 9" in diameter. It's dipped in the now infamous Cobalt Blue, cone 5. Same as "Bowl" above. Heavy as hell, but should survive the typical (and atypical) household use. We shall see.

B-mix, wheel thrown, 9" dia.

An exquisite piece, if I do say so myself. A junior partner of the Big Ass Mofoin' Bowl series, this is holed for a fountain. The glaze is Temoku, cone 10, and in the past it was a brownish glaze...these days it is mostly a gloss black with brown highlights. Looks beautiful. And this piece is even level!! Lovely, simply lovely.

Another excellent Temoku glaze. I left some of my desk stuff in the background to get a better appreciation of the size of this bowl. Approximately 11" in diameter. Absolutely lovely.

An experimental glaze, with quite incredible results. This is another BAMB, another Temoku glaze, but this time with Mary's Surprise swirled around inside. I call it the Nebula effect. Stunning in person...quite happy with the recent results from class this semester.

A senior on the BAMB circuit. Huge, heavy, and white. Cone 5 Angie's Gloss...I had hoped for more color, but this would go well in a white kitchen. Anything you need to mix will fit in this bowl...

Only one addition to the Big Ass Bowl page this haul. A wider bowl than usual, thinner as well. About 14" in diameter, and wearing the cone 5 iron glaze. Lots of intricacies in this glaze, like the newest iron plate. You can make some of that our on the near-side lip of the bowl. Very lopsided as well...maybe this is my lopsided period (of course, helped by the lame aide).

A terribly out-of-focus picture. A rather large bowl, but a rather thick cone 10 Ohata glaze on it. This and the following two bowls were absolutely BAKED!!! To the point they were fired (or OVERFIRED) so badly that all three became warped! If you look along the top lip of the bowls they wave up and down within an inch high to low!!! They weren't like that when they went into the kiln....

10" diameter, 6" high.

Cone 10, cobalt oxide swished around in the bottom, Stoney White glaze covering the whole shebang! Not to bad, this, like the last few plates on the previous page, were quickie dip and go jobs. I was running out of ideas!

Okay, so I saved the best for last! This, like mentioned above, was a quickie "Let's dip, combine a few glazes, and see what comes out" method. The results are fantastic! Cone five, dipped 2/3rds into Cobalt Blue, turned 180 degrees and dipped 2/3rds into Iron. The Iron came out the best it has, and the combined area of Iron and Cobalt is this incredibly-patterned greenish blue glaze which I will defintely replicate next semester. It's warped and cracked on the bottom, and it will remain in my personal collection for years to come. Absolutely smackered by this piece.

Thanks for all your kind words Jennifer and Paulette!