Thursday, July 19, 2012

Introducing Petrapots!

The ancient city of Petra in Jordan inspired this new batch of pots,  made of red earthenware and fired at Cone 04. They're pinched, stamped, carved, and burnished, but not glazed. Plenty of small holes in the bottom to permit drainage without soil loss.  I think they'll look great with cacti and succulents that don't need the deeper Lithopots. I'm very excited about them! Once a few plants are in there, I'll show them again, these are just out of the kiln....

7 comments:

  1. They look perfect Mara! Nice and chunky, and heavy; very tactile. The stamps look great and so do the other textural elements. Reminds me of cubist art and archaic coins. Beautiful! :-)

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  2. Thank you! They do look and feel sturdy, but in fact, the interior walls are carved out so they aren't too thick (prevents kiln explosions!). Now they go into the "field test" phase with plants, hope they do well.

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  3. Keep those creative juices flowing, Marla! Beautiful and functional! Can't wait to see them with their new inhabitants! Dad

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  4. I like it. Some nice trailing greenies or even a fruit bowl?? Nice! Good job!

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  5. I like them very much... and not only for their name! ;)
    Beautiful pots!

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  6. LE,
    Trailing, yes, that would look lovely. I was also thinking of mesembs with caudices, but they might need deeper pots.

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  7. Petra,
    That's right, they are plant pots after your own heart! ;-)

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