Fancy Fruit!

I can already tell that Im gonna be terrible at keeping this blog up to date! Ive been fairly busy though, in and out of the studio.

: Fruit Bowl

: Plaster Dome Maker

: Foot rings

: Plaster Dome Maker

: Fancy Plate

Ive been making these Fruit Bowls. I really like them. I was thinking I wanted to make some really shallow platters, but I also wanted to be able to add texture to the middle. So this is what I decided to do.

I remember someone I went to school with told me that if you wanna make a shallow dome out of plaster, then you should put some plastic over a garbage can and pull it tight. When you pour the plaster over the plastic it sinks in just a little, and then you are left with the most beautifully smooth shallow domes!

I then threw some flat slabs and used a textured roller on them, placed them texture-side down on the domes, and threw a foot ring on them. Voila! I added a coil to it after to get the extra rim.

Im really liking them, and of course falling asleep thinking of all the ridiculous shapes of things other than garbage cans that I can put a plastic bag over! Hence the roasting pan.