Blue Eye Pot

Green Eye Pot

This is a tall, spiky ceramic vase constructed from slabs of clay.  It has 29 eyes and 29 spikes.

Eris Pot

Red Eye Pot 2

I had a commission to recreate the Red Eye Pot and this is the result.  I think it's a pretty good copy.

Eye Cup #22 With Spikes

This is #22 in a series of cups with molded eyes.  This one has three large blue eyes and 21 white spikes.  It's very possible to drink out of the cup without piercing one's lip.

Skull Face Spiky Pot

This is a slab pot with 57 spikes.  I've used the skull face before in this clay mask.

This is a video of each step in the process of making this pot, with music by The Orb, The Soggy Bottom Boys, Jello Biafra, and 10,000 Maniacs.  I like documenting the process, but from now on I'm going to turn the pot a little faster.

Sun Face Spiky Pot

Source image:

Video with 360° view of Upper Voltan Spiky Pot with music by Pedro, Muriel, and Esther.

Monstrous Face Spiky Pot

Behold the cinematic marvel of the Monstrous Face Spiky Pot:

Spiky Pots in Ivyland

These are two of my spiky pots on the windowsill in Ivyland, PA.

Big Spiky Pot

This is a commissioned spiky pot, based on the Mother's Day Spiky Pot, but larger.












Source Object:

Mother's Day Spiky Pot

This is a coil pot with spines constructed as a Mother's Day gift.

Spiky Pot in Ivyland

...on the windowsill in the kitchen where it belongs.

Spiky Pot 3

This is my first attempt at functional pottery since about 2005 and it's not all that functional. I guess that makes this Spiky Pot dysfunctional pottery.




I also made a lid, but it doesn't really fit.




The view from above. You could theoretically put food in this without getting poisoned. (N.B. the Jade Green glaze on the eyes is not food-safe.) The glaze would also survive use in a microwave or dishwasher although the spikes might not.




Again, the lid, viewed from above:

Spiky Pots

At my first clay class in 2004, after some brief instruction in hand-building techniques, the assignment was given to make a tea pot in the shape of an animal. I made a sea urchin, but it wouldn't have made a very good tea pot as it lacked a spout or handle. Part of it exploded in the kiln, but enough survived to glaze. I also made a second urchin pot a few months later.


First Urchin Pot




Second Urchin Pot



My mother requested a spiky pot and my first reaction was "But I made those when I didn't know anything about clay." I still don't know anything about clay, so I made my first real pot since 2004.






The lid: