Some of Ken's Pottery

We have received several requests to display some of Ken's pottery on this blog, so here are some examples. He's been busy throwing pots and making decorative plates, but so often his work is stored in the shed before I get a chance to take the photos. All of these were thrown here in New Mexico within the past few months.

A friend has a Raku kiln in his backyard and they get together on calm mornings to fire the raku items they've produced. Raku items cannot be used for food because they are fired at a lower heat. Here is one example, and another "Woven Bowl" is shown below.

Raku Plate



He produces a lot of artistic yet functional items such as these :

Sunset Plate

Sunflower Bowl

Green Sculptured Bowl

Another piece of Raku:

Woven Raku Plate

Ken is accepting commissions, and often has standing orders from me for dinnerware. I no longer own a set of store-bought everyday dishes; all our meals are served on hand thrown pottery. Years ago, I got tired of having partial sets of dishes because something got dropped, and we started a very small collections of pottery dishes. It took off from there, and now almost all of our dishes are examples of Ken's handiwork. Always a conversation topic when we have guests. Left on his own, he experiments with more artistic endeavors such as these.