"The Constant Gardener" Wall Pocket Orchid Planter by Michael W. Moses...Sold

Initial Fired Bisque Ware

 This is a piece of hand sculpted ceramic art pottery, that I started quite a while back and just finally finished last month.  It seems that the last six months has been so busy with relocating the antique shop and moving into a new home that I just have not been getting much pottery done.

I almost always take images of my art works as they progress.  I do this so I can have a permanent visual record of the development of each piece and also so that I can show people the different stages that my pottery goes through from start to finish.  Here are some of the progressional images of this new Wall Pocket / Orchid Planter

Painted and Selectively Glazed

After Final Firing

Side View

Painted and Selectively Glazed

After Final Firing

Signed Back

 For further information on this work of ceramic art pottery please visit me at Etsy

Dotted Blue Bulb Vase by Michael W. Moses SOLD today at South Coast Antiques & Gallery

This afternoon we sold one of my bulb vases. This one is called the "Dotted Blue Bulb Vase". It was purchased by a man and woman from Biloxi that were getting it for a Christmas gift for their daughter in California. This little bulb vase has so much lively movement that it just seems as if it will run away at any moment, but it's created to be stable and support one long thin blossom with maybe a small leaf or two on it. Imagine a brightly colored tulip, a long stemmed spider lilly, or even a single orchid sprouting from it's bulbous body. But in my opinion a flower is not even necessary to make this work of art a stand out piece in any room.

The Finished Dotted Blue Bulb Vase

The Greenware Stage