Crazy pots for gloomy days

Ravenna · 01-19-2009, 04:53 PM

Hi,

given the dark and gloomy days we have I have been playing - a bit too much ? - with forms and coloured glazes. The kidney shaped pot is for a tree the others are all for accent plants...

Ravenna · 01-19-2009, 04:55 PM

more..

Ravenna · 01-19-2009, 04:57 PM

a last weird one... AND a nice rectangular pot by B. Albright which I bought this week-end at the Noelanders trophy.

Pup · 01-19-2009, 09:09 PM

You are getting very good and creative Ravenna. I do like them, however there is always a but or however, where Bonsai is concerned I do find the Red one to be a bit bright for MY taste. The pot I like. Thank you for posting.

Pup

Paul Williams · 01-19-2009, 09:15 PM

Stunning, simply beautiful. I just love freeform pots and this group shows real artistry.
Good growing
Paul

JLDoggett · 01-20-2009, 01:21 AM

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! as opposed to Pup I love sang boeuf, especially the one with the black rim, beautiful.

Ravenna · 01-20-2009, 03:11 AM

Well, I am very pleased that you like the pots though your praise makes me blush.

I am still not where I would like to get with my pots but slowly, very slowly I feel it is improving a bit. So feedback (and that includes critical remarks) is always welcome.

@Pup: I agree with your comment regarding the red pots. When I saw the red glaze though I couldn't resist the idea using that red glaze on the dark brown nearly black clay and to try to get those black rims (which luckily worked out).

I don't think that you can use them as accents beside a tree but you can also grow accents on their own and that is what I thought I would do with these.

Mattbonsai · 01-20-2009, 05:23 PM

Yet another awesome batch Ravenna! I especially like the 2nd to last one, the grey round one, it makes me think of a spiral staircase in a castle tower...

, (too many Medieval Novels on my behalf).

The red one Is a little bright, but I imagine that with a nice tufty grass of some sort in it, trailing over the edges it will soften the colour.

Very, very good work Ravenna! Getting ready to put my order in now.

-Matt-

Ravenna · 01-20-2009, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mattbonsai

Yet another awesome batch Ravenna! I especially like the 2nd to last one, the grey round one, it makes me think of a spiral staircase in a castle tower...

, (too many Medieval Novels on my behalf).

-Matt-

Thank you very much for your kind words.

Actually the spiral one is meant to be a bit like a little wall though I didn't think of staircase. So it is not your medieval novels which lead you astray...

Quote:

The red one Is a little bright, but I imagine that with a nice tufty grass of some sort in it, trailing over the edges it will soften the colour.

You may be right though I suspect it will always be too bright to use it as an accent with a tree in a show. But at least I will be able to see it even at night on my balcony...

Quote:

Getting ready to put my order in now.

Well, you will have be quick then. Those "masterpieces" are so much in demand...

FudogNinja · 01-21-2009, 02:32 PM

Nice! I like every one of them!

01-19-2009, 09:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
Pup Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth suburbs Western Australia Posts: 405	You are getting very good and creative Ravenna. I do like them, however there is always a but or however, where Bonsai is concerned I do find the Red one to be a bit bright for MY taste. The pot I like. Thank you for posting. Pup __________________ G, day I live in western Australia I have been trying for the last 20+ years with some success to grow Bonsai. I am a perpetual learner and an advanced beginner

01-19-2009, 09:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
Paul Williams Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mid Florida Posts: 111	Cool Stunning, simply beautiful. I just love freeform pots and this group shows real artistry. Good growing Paul

01-20-2009, 01:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
JLDoggett Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New Hampshire, USA, Posts: 630	Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! as opposed to Pup I love sang boeuf, especially the one with the black rim, beautiful. __________________ "Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and wrong....because sometime in your life you will have been all of these" And I further resolve to click on an ad, each time I visit, to help support the site and to be welcoming to lurking guests when you join! After all, you're already here. Last edited by JLDoggett; 01-20-2009 at 01:24 AM..

01-20-2009, 05:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mattbonsai Tree Hugger In Training Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cheshire, GB Posts: 801	Yet another awesome batch Ravenna! I especially like the 2nd to last one, the grey round one, it makes me think of a spiral staircase in a castle tower... , (too many Medieval Novels on my behalf). The red one Is a little bright, but I imagine that with a nice tufty grass of some sort in it, trailing over the edges it will soften the colour. Very, very good work Ravenna! Getting ready to put my order in now. -Matt- __________________ -Matt- http://www.cheshirebonsaisociety.org.uk/index.html R.I.P Our Great Friend - Prowler, 24th November 2008

01-21-2009, 02:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
FudogNinja Student of Zen Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jefferson City, MO Zone: 5b Posts: 21	Nice! I like every one of them! __________________ "If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?" – Dogen ”To know you have enough is to be rich.” – Tao Te Ching

01-20-2009, 03:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
Ravenna Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Switzerland Posts: 204	Well, I am very pleased that you like the pots though your praise makes me blush. I am still not where I would like to get with my pots but slowly, very slowly I feel it is improving a bit. So feedback (and that includes critical remarks) is always welcome. @Pup: I agree with your comment regarding the red pots. When I saw the red glaze though I couldn't resist the idea using that red glaze on the dark brown nearly black clay and to try to get those black rims (which luckily worked out). I don't think that you can use them as accents beside a tree but you can also grow accents on their own and that is what I thought I would do with these.

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