Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery Vase by Michael W. Moses

This is my latest ceramic art pottery piece. I call it the "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" Vase. This is a highly detailed work with a bit of intricate hand painting. As with most of my pieces this work is just covered with attention to exuberant form and lavish colors. One can tell form what I have written so far that I apparently like this one, which I really do. I was rather pleased with how nicely the colors came out on this ceramic sculpture.  There seems to be some real movement going on with this vase. I am always striving to do pieces that seem to have movement. I like the idea of the work being a single moment caught and frozen forever in time.

This work of ceramic art pottery can be viewed at South Coast Antiques & Gallery in downtown Ocean Springs, MS.

Update on finished Trilobite and Ammonite Fossil Patterned Bowl by Michael W. Moses

This is an update on my post for Tuesday, March 8, 2011. This is the photograph of the finished Trilobite and Ammonite Fossil Patterned Bowl After the March 8 post I glazed this piece and had it fired and then I put on a coating of Pearlecent glaze and it was fired for a third and final firing. Each Ammonite now has lustrous iridescent pearl like finish that really makes for a really great effect.

New Photograph by Michael W. Moses, Hybiscus Hunger.

Here is an image that I took the other day.  I had taken a hybiscus flower that I had cut in my yard into the shop to put in one of my art pottery vases. I discovered this cute little insect setting on one of the stamen. It was a little baby grasshopper. It was just so tiny and cute that I had to snap a few images of it and here is one of them. Unfortunately these little things grow into very big things and they can strip a plant of leaves in no time flat.  So I had to thank him for posing and then take him away. I will have to spry the yard in the next day or so, because I am seeing them everywhere. They are just so cute, but they are very bad for the garden.

Update on large bowl by Michael W. Moses, from April 3, 2011 post. SOLD

Here is the large bowl that I featured in my  Sunday, April 3, 2011 post. I am very pleased with the over all effect that I was able to get with this piece. I especially find the half glaze effect to work well on this one.

After it was fired I added a nice sized real cultured pearl as a special embellishment. This unique hand modeled ceramic art pottery work will be available at South Coast Antiques & Gallery in Ocean Springs, MS

Dragon Finger Bone Reliquary by Michael W. Moses

  

This is my "Dragon Finger Bone Reliquary".  This is an artifact from a far away time and place where dragons were more common than they ever were here on Earth. This exotic relic is fashioned out of one large finger bone that has been intricately carved and embellished with bright jewel like enameled colors. It has been finished off with a mixture of  precious beads. This fantastic work of art is approximately 12 inches long, not including the beads and of course is available and can be viewed at South Coast Antiques & Gallery in Ocean Springs, MS.