Hotel Card

Look familiar?? I created this a couple of day after i had done my abstract painting series. What makes it different is that i used a hotel card. You know one of those cards that let you in the room. I found it buried in the sand at the beach. At first I didn't know i was going to use it for art but i just kept the card. Then i started this piece by laying it down flat on the floor, then I start making a big puddle of paint on the canvas. I laid a layer of blue at first and that dried a little before other colors came. After being done with the paint I used the card to scrape the extra paint of the canvas. This created a path and some really cool patterns with the blue and the red layering on top of each other and mixing, etc. I don't have a title for it yet other than "Hotel card" which I think describes the unique nature of the art, considering it went through a very uncommon and sort of spontaneous process. FYI this is not connected to the other series.

Monster Teapot

 This is my monster teapot!! The whole piece was hand built. The top is the lid (just pointing that out =P ). A pulled handle, and a hand built spout. I used blue slip for the back and white for the front. And once it came out of the kiln i used a little bit of brown to try to create a bone like illusion on the "face" of the pot, then i used clear glaze on the whole piece. It weights around four and half pounds.

Greed & Gluttony (Piggy Bank)

 I made a piggy bank! The whole piece was made with coils, first i did the body carving out the vest, then i worked the head from there. I attached the ears, feet, hands and tie once everything else was done. I used one coat of transpearl and two coats of emerald. I used green because i think is a good way to represent money and being greedy. For the vest i used both navy and sapphire, and for the eyes and tie i used black glaze. Since its a piggy bank i made a hole on his butt so I'm able to take the money out, because i don't want to end up having to break him. I also put a cork so the money wouldn't just fall out. I also made a tail with wire, making a "$" on the back.

Coil Greek Pot

This is a coil greek pot, i did a wax cut on this piece, and i used brown slip for the figures on it, i tried to use a combination of emerald and leaf green but it didn't show up because of the slip. The interior was glazed with tawny, and the rest of the piece glazed with navy blue.

Spider Pinch Pot

My second pinch pot became a spider, glazed the whole thing with black and yellow for the eyes.

Pinch Pot

Its very simple, its a pinch pot with eyes and feet! I glazed it obviously with back for the feet and eyes and i used an aqua blue glaze.

Facebook Page!

Fall of 2012 and Summer of 2013 theres been an exhibition/display of y art to the public, I am proud to say that they were both successful! so if you missed it or want to know where when my art can be seen next please go to my blog's new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TommysPortfolio and hit the like button. There you can see some of my pieces of art (not as many or as detailed than over here) and also see the events where everyone could come and see the art for them-selfs, this goes to Colleges, schools, people interested in art, people that want to know a little bit more about the pieces, and or any one that is free and doesn't have anything to do!