A Happy Halloween to All From Michael W. Moses!

Jack-o'-lanterns in the front window of South Coast Antiques & Gallery

What do you think of my Halloween photograph of the pumpkins in the window of the shop?

Oh, I almost forgot!!! A Happy and Safe Halloween to All From South Coast Antiques and Michael W. Moses!

"Napoleon's Bee Bowl" and "Where the Red Tendril Grows Bowl" by Michael W. Moses

Here are two of my latest works of ceramic art pottery.

The first piece is a thin walled bowl, that I call "Napoleon's Bee Bowl".  It is a small bowl that has a small bee, which was the Emblem of  Napoleon Bonaparte.  

The link is to a great blog post about the Napoleonic Bee with a few great examples, including one that is really special!

The exterior of the bowl is done in lively tidal pool colors and the interior is in tones of  royal purple.  All pulled together with a neat little sunshine yellow and bright turquoise blue bee.

 

 My second new bowl  is called "Where the Red Tendril Grows Bowl".  It has a pink exterior with baby blue and red detailing and a rich interior that is done up in squash bloom yellows with blue designs and one small bright red, probing tendril coming out of the side of the bowl.  This one of a kind, hand crafted, work of ceramic art will radiate a feeling of unbridled exuberance to any location  it may be placed!

Both pieces of art pottery are currently available and may be viewed at South Coast Antiques & Gallery in Ocean Springs, MS.

New Dragon Pod Vase by Michael W. Moses and New Ceramic Art work by Tyler Gibson

My last post featured a freshly painted Dragon Pod Vase and here it is out of the kiln and ready for viewing at South Coast Antiques & Gallery. I am really pleased with the outcome of this vase. The Yellow is very intense and the red is just a gleaming candy apple red! The inside is Kermit the frog green with blue dots. This vase is loosely based on the Pitaya fruit, also known as the Dragon fruit.

 

Yellow Red Dragon Pod Vase by Michael W. Moses

Top View of Yellow Red Dragon Pod Vase by Michael W. Moses

 

Now here we have a new piece by Tyler Gibson. This ceramic art pottery work is done in Earthen tones and was specifically painted to give it a bottom of the sea feel and look. The white swirl seems to give this piece a real sense of movement.  In my opinion movement is a real plus for a piece of pottery. 

New Art Pottery by Tyler Gibson

A New Plate and a Freshly Painted Dragon Pod Vase by Michael W. Moses

Here is my newest piece of ceramic art pottery  I call it "Yellow Scholars Plate".  

This work is a vaguely oriental looking piece that I have embellished with three applied sculptured alien seeds.

This plate is currently available and may be viewed at South Coast Antiques & Gallery in Ocean Springs, MS

This is a dragon fruit pod vase that I have recently finished painting. I will post more images of it once it is fired.

The Flasher Ceramic Art Pottery by Michael W. Moses. The Ocean is Dead by Mark E. Moses

We sold the Flasher at South Coast Antiques & Gallery, in Ocean Springs, MS, a while back. I ran across this small film clip yesterday that I did  a couple of months prior to the sale of the Flasher We added a piece of highly atmospheric music titled "The Ocean is Dead", that was written, performed and recorded by my musically gifted brother Mark E. Moses. His piece of music seemed very appropriate for this clip and we thought it evoked the mood of my ceramic art pottery piece very well. 

The Flasher was a hand modeled ceramic lamp that was made to resemble an alien sea anemone. The ceramic art pottery base holds a small light bulb that blinks off and on randomly. I added a multitude of beads that seem to wave gently in the warm ocean waters. The bead covered wires were a bit time consuming, but I think that the over all effect was well worth the time it took to make. We hope that you will enjoy this video of the Flasher!.

A Couple of Sales From the Weekend of Crusin the Coast 2011 at South Coast Antiques & Gallery

"The Peeper".

by Michael W. Moses

I just did not get a chance to take many photos of the great classic cars that were here in Ocean Springs last weekend for Crusin the Coast 2011. We had a vast sea of people pass through South Coast Antiques & Gallery. We also had some good sales. I sold one of my signature pieces, "The Peeper". It was one of my most popular works and I am so surprised that it took so long to sell. It was purchased by a young couple from Louisiana . They came into the shop on Friday and looked at my pottery. They stated (as a few other people in the past have) that if they won a jackpot at the casinos in Biloxi They would come back and buy a piece. They came back on Saturday and bought the peeper. They had won at the roulette wheel! The peeper was one of those really whimsical works, that everyone really seemed to like. My business partner, William Murphy made a YouTube video of "The Peeper". I hate to admit it but this is one that I am going to miss.



I also sold one of my watercolors on paper. This was one that I did way back in 1988. It is hard to imagine, but this is now a vintage work of art. This image was titled. "The Iris Were in Bloom". It is a very sensual vision of what a hillside covered my hundreds of iris blooms smells like.  I spent many years doing almost nothing but paintings on either paper or canvas and was fairly pleased. but now I have devoted myself to ceramic art pottery over the last five years and have had great satisfaction doing so. I will not say that I will never do another painting, but I think I will more than likely be doing pottery for as long as I am able. In my opinion there is absolutely nothing more wonderful for me than when I gaze upon a new piece of my pottery in my shop.

"The Iris Were in Bloom" by Michael W. Moses

The Green Hunger Ceramic Art Pottery Vase by Michael W. Moses

I did  a post on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 showing a new piece of ceramic art pottery, that I had just fired.

Here is what it looked like when it was painted.

"The Green Hunger" After Being Painted.

 

"The Green Hunger" After Being Painted. View Form the Top

Now it has been fired and is ready for your viewing pleasure! 
I have titled  it "The Green Hunger".

"The Green Hunger" After Firing

"The Green Hunger" After Firing. View From Top

 This is a piece that I really like. It has movement and color. One can almost see it moving as one looks at it and the color just draws ones eyes to it. This new piece of ceramic art pottery may be viewed at South Coast Antiques & Gallery in Ocean Springs, MS.

New Cramic Art Pottery by Tyler Gibson

Here are two new works by my student, Tyler Gibson.

 This piece exhibits a great use of form to create an illusion of movement. One can almost see this pod exploding outward and releasing its contents into the world! Or maybe it is some type of omnivorous alien  plant! Either way Tyler is doing very good in my opinion and proceeding by leaps and bounds.

With this piece Tyler has taken a free form shallow bowl, embellished it with stamp work and then given it a two color finish and glaze. The over all effect has a very traditional look while maintaining a fresh modern appearance..

I will post more of Tyler Gibson's works as he progresses.