Butterfly fish (in progress)

Another dinner-sized plate. I want to hang these guys on the wall at the Gallery at Lighthouse. Next up: a triggerfish.

Turtle and frog bowls

The last "Garden" plate

 I had an "oopsie" with the green plate and had to fire it a second time.

 Here's a small grouping of the "Garden" tableware.

Flying fish

Opah!

12 inches wide; brown clay with Gunmetal green, shino, and yellow glazes

I wish I could make these plates life-sized... Opah's grow to 6 feet long!

Oval fish platter (Bass) in progress

First, I make a fish pancake and let it rest for a few hours...

...and then I transfer it to a mold.

 This platter's 20 inches wide. After firing, it should measure around 18 inches.

More fish plates in progress

Super-fun!

Goldfish plate

Discus plate

Chun glaze over white clay

American Redstart plate

The male's black and red and the female's tan and yellow; they're flirting. It's for our Garden Show (opens May 3, 2013).

Calico fantail lantern

Fish mugs

Very brown. Very fishy.

Goldfinch plate

Diameter = 8.5 inches

Flood

Hurricane Sandy managed to knock out power in the Cleveland area. No power in the pottery studio = no sump pump. The water level reached several inches, and unfired work on lower shelves became a puddle of mud. No one remembers what these pieces used to be. Remarkably, we're up and running again, but the place smells like fish.