Welcome!

Scroll down or click
a category to the right to see what's new.

Check back soon to see the latest out of
the kiln!
(Last Updated 6/24/09 )

CACTUS AND SUCCULENT POTS

As an avid cactus and succulent collector I found it almost impossible to find suitable pots for my specimen plants. Years ago I came across a used pottery wheel for sale and remembered how I loved the feel of clay as a child in school and realized that I could learn to create my own pots. This is the point where a great adventure began, bringing me to a career as a full-time potter, bringing me full circle back to the plants that I love.
------------------Barbara Wesson








Go to Etsy Listing.




























































RAKU FIRED CACTUS / SUCCULENT PLANTER POT















































RAKU FIRED FUMED CACTUS POT







Deeply textured Stoneware

RAKU

These wall pockets are textured with vegetation native to Lake Tahoe.
Go to Etsy Listing.















These wall pockets where impressed with antique wooden textile printing stamps from India and and the Orient .
Go to Etsy listing.

FUNCTIONAL

12 inch tall Hurricane oil lamp has solid brass Queen Anne style burner and a hand thrown base ( 4'' X 4'' that has a high fired glazed interior and a raku fired exterior.













rice bowl

approximately 4x2''











Stoneware mugs
approximately 3x4''

16 oz capacity

SHAPES OF THINGS TO COME

A bulbous form...
waiting for a bisque firing,
so it can then be raku fired .

I'm thinking that I will glaze it with a Copper Sand glaze...humm...

I will be posting other photos of this and other forms throughout the process!



With both of these forms the texture was applied with a wire brush during the forming stages.
This one reminds me of tree bark and I hope to carry that feel through with the glazing process.
This is an experimental process...
I cant wait !

BONSAI PLANTER