Dziadkowicz, Michelle

Laguna Clay B-Mix cone-5 Stoneware

What temperature do you fire to?

Cone 6

Handbuilding with slabs

Texturing clay with stamps and rollers, sgraffito

Clay stamps

Organic

The serenity that it brings me

My MKM clay tools

To have a larger space to work in, to add a slab roller, and to have a sink with a clay trap built into it.

A Potter's Workbook by Clary Illian

I try to make some of my own clay tools and recycle clay

I take workshops from people whose work I admire, travel, and explore nature

Keep clay tools organized in trays on shelves so that they can be found easily

Getting stronger at my wheel-throwing skills

An abstract vase that was altered from a wheel-thrown vessel

To be able to throw large forms on the pottery wheel

Surface decoration—using tools to create interesting textures in the clay

Liz Zlot Summerfield. I love how she uses clay slabs to create interesting small forms such as boxes, jars, salt and pepper shaker sets, etc.

Eagles, Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, 70's Soft Rock

I am inspired to create interesting, textured forms that are lively and colorful and that are inspired by nature. I love creating carved and stamped surfaces that are calling to be touched.

My favorite artist is Vincent Van Gogh because I love how he created colorful landscapes with movement of lines.

Always clean up your space after a work session because it's better to have a clean space to inspire creativity.

To have it crack less as it dries