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[lithicbeads]

 My first piece of pottery , a small cup about 5 inches high  with a view inside as well. I thought I had reformed ( I was thrown out of high school for punching a teacher who deserved worse) but I mortified my pottery instructor , a young woman  who is a friend and skilled potter, by throwing every thing so thin that all my pots just collapsed.I was just testing the waters to see what I could get away with. Makes sense to me but she was ready to pull her hair out. After the 6 weeks of class were over I got down to business and threw a batch of glaze tests of which this is one. My next batch was a bunch of  much larger thin bowls which will get bisqued  next week. After this came out of the kiln( cone 6 ) I used my lapidary machine to grind and sand exposing the white clay in a pattern. I polished it to a high satin finish. I have done this for some very famous potters and they have gotten extra money for the pieces I worked on. Considering an unworked tea bowl  of theirs goes for $ 500 to $ 8oo that is saying something about the potential for combining pottery and lapidary techniques. My apology to Helene for showing my pottery butchering .

[Gergis]

You never fail to amaze me frank. Flipping cool as hell!! :-)

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[Kaljaia]

Beautiful interior glaze! Galaxy-like, with that spiral. The outer pattern is a very interesting, unique idea. Seems it would impart a nice texture too, changing from glassy smooth to the clay. There's a lot of room for experimenting in pottery, especially with glazes.

[hummingbirdstones]

Now that is really unique!  I like the pattern you made with the wheels and the inside is really cool looking!  Frank, I think anything artistic that you set your mind to do would turn out awesome.  You have an inner vision and a talent for making that vision into realty.  Kudos and well done!   

[lithicbeads]

Thanks folks. Not following the rules really helps.

[Enchantra]

Frank, sometimes some rules were meant to be broken.  When it comes to art and its various forms, rules are only meant as guidelines, and breaking and bending them is what creates masterpieces!   

[wampidy]

I want to expand on what Amanda said by saying that in art all rules should be broken. I had a photography teacher that told me "you do not know how far to go until you go too far". There is one rule that you never break though. Always at least try to not injure yourself.
Jim

[ToTheSummit]

Great cup.  And rules are made to be broken, especially in art.

You are a natural artist no matter what the medium.  Natural artistic talent cannot be taught.  My uncle is a potter and a painter.  Pretty much everyone in the family owns a set of dishes or painting or something else made by him.  My father (besides his 40+ years as a mason doing amazing things with brick and stone) is a photographer and a woodworker. Just yesterday I brought home the rocking chair he built for me.  I find that natural talent like that rarely gets channeled into only one direction.