SOLD! Michael W. Moses' First Three Pieces of Ceramic Art Pottery at "Persnickety" of Madison, MS

Well, just to update a bit. If you were interested in the following three pieces of my ceramic art pottery you are to late.  All three pieces have already been sold at "Persnickety" of Madison, MS! All three works sold on the same day that we did the initial installation. Not bad for a first day at a new location.  See also my previous blog entry to see these pieces in situ in their case at "Persnickety".

 Orange Blue Mellon Bowl by Michael W. Moses

Yellow Red Dot Tea Cup and Stand by Michael W. Moses

Yellow Red Dragon Fruit Pod Vase by Michael W. Moses

I would like to invite the purchaser to submit photos of these pieces once the have been placed in their new home, to me, and I will include them on this blog as an update to this post.

Also just to inform you, I have some new pieces that are fresh out of the kiln and I will be posting some images of them during the up coming week. Stay tuned!

Alien Orange Canopic Art Pottery Jar by Michael W. Moses

Alien Orange Canopic Jar by Michael W. Moses

I thought I would showcase one of my newest pieces of ceramic art pottery for you today.  I call this one my Alien Orange Canopic Jar. 

I found this great old heavy Italian marble jar that was probably made in the 1960's or 70's and the moment I saw it I knew that it would end up with me making a top that would bring out the beauty of this solidly made stone jar.

I purposely wanted something that was a bit different and kinda Chthonian looking, a vessel that would have an alien otherworldly air to it.  I have literally created a small hand modeled sculpture and used the white marble jar as a display stand.

The interior can hold an ancient love note, a small special objet d'art, or even a dozen or so Brasher Doubloons. It's all up to you. 

The vivid orange coloring makes this piece not only stand out, but stand out and yell to be noticed.
This is the type of thing that will be the center focal point of any room that one places it in.

Alien Orange Canopic Jar by Michael W. Moses

Michael W. Moses Ceramic Art Pottery Octopus Bowl and Cpative Bulb Vase...Sold

Yesterday I sold two pieces of my ceramic art pottery.  I sold my large octopus bowl, that was based upon ancient Greek Minoan culture pottery pieces. The Minoan civilization was closely connected with the sea and much of the Minoan pottery had images that related to to sea based motifs. My bowl  was fashioned with a small barnacle on the side that has a spot wore through the glaze on the inside of the bowl and it has a small white bisque ceramic ball that is fired in place and freely rattles around loose inside the barnacle..

Octopus Bowl by Michael W. Moses

Octopus Bowl by Michael W. Moses Side View

I also sold the piece "Orange Captive Bulb Vase" that I featured in my Sunday, December 11, 2011 post.

Booth works were purchased by a very nice couple that does historic style photography nation wide in their own mobile studio. Now how cool is that traveling around the country in a mobile photography studio and taking photographs of people dressed in historic Victorian style clothing.  They have purchased some of my pieces in the past and wanted to add these two works to their growing collection. 

Orange Captive Bulb Vase Out of Cup by M. W. Moses

Orange Captive Bulb Vase In Cup by M. W. Moses 

  

Finished Orange Captive Bulb Vase by Michael W. Moses at South Coast Antiques in Ocean Springs

Orange Captive Bulb Vase in Heinrich & Co Cup 

This is my latest piece of ceramic art pottery. I call this one "Orange Captive Bulb Vase"  I showed what it looked like when it was just painted, before being glazed and fired in my Friday, November 18, 2011 post.
I was very pleased at how this little fellow looked when it came out of  the kiln. The colors are absolutely vibrant! It just sets and glows in its own garish brightness.
When I was photographing this piece which I do it in our shop, South Coast Antiques, I had a customer come in and they were watching me doing the photography. She says to me."Why is that vase chained to a cup"?  I very quickly responded, "Because it is so wild that it would escape if it were not chained to the cup"! She looked at me and says, "Oh, well that makes sense". It really makes me wonder when people say things like that to me what they are actually thinking.

Orange Captive Bulb Vase Out of It's Cup

 This bulb is chained to a really nice, absolutely paper thin porcelain tea cup. The cup has a great intricate hand painted Greek key design going around the lip and is an antique that was made by Heinrich & Co of  Selb, Bavaria in the early 1900's.

Orange Captive Bulb Vase From Top

Orange Captive Bulb Vase Before Being Chained to Cup