Mr. Willis' Stuff

Hey pottery students!  A few of you have asked me if I sell my work online.  The answer to that is yes!  Now pottery can be tricky to ship through the mail, so I never sell my big pieces online, just small pieces.  But if you were curious about what I sell and where I sell it, well just CLICK HERE TO SEE!!!

Blog Question #5

We are now creating slab pots, soft slab pots to be specific.  Our biggest artistic component to this assignment is exploring texture.  Your job this week is to post two things your could find at home that could create a good texture for a slab pot.  Good Luck!

Blog Question #4

The coil pots everyone are building are looking great.  Here is a picture of another coil pot.  It is different than the ones we were making.  What do you think this artist did differently to create a piece that looks like this?

Pottery Weekend Challenge 2/22-2/23

There have been many ceramic artists that have inspired me over the years.  One of them was a well known potter names James Watkins.  His work was different than anything I had ever seen and inspired me to stretch myself and try new techniques.  Here is a picture of one of his pieces:

Your Pottery Weekend Challenge question is:  At what university is James Watkins a professor, and what is he a professor of?

Pottery Weekend Challenge

So for your first weekend challenge you will need to find out some information for me.  I studied pottery at a college in Newberg Oregon.  To win the Weekend Challenge prize you need to tell me what college I went to and tell me the name of one of the professors at that college that teaches pottery.  Good luck.  The first two students that post a correct answer will win a prize.

Blog Question #3

Check out this pinch pot.  Let's critique it.  Tell me what is good about this pinch pot, and tell me one thing you think could be improved.

Blog Question #2

I love breaking out the clay for the first time in the semester, and now we are well on our way to our first project, the pinch pot.  What have you found challenging about the pinch pot that maybe you didn't expect?