Chey's Ceramics

05/11/2022

Hello everyone! I'd like to show you some of the results of the end of the semester's Raku firing. First, a little bit of info about what Raku firing is:

The history of Raku dates as far back as the 16th century.

In raku firing, all of nature's elements are used, earth, fire, air, and water. The earth is used to make the pot, then it's put into a reduction chamber kiln, then plunged into water. The cold water halts the firing process. A lovely fact about raku is that its name literally translates as 'happiness in the accident'.

I had a lot of fun during the firing and I'm very pleased with the results. I'm very excited to share them with you and see what you all think!

If you are at all interested in this form, I encorage you to look into George Ohr's work! I was very inspired by him. I was very sad to find out that not many people have tried to follow his work as it's very hard to find twisted forms like his these days. And so far I have not come across a single large twisted vase like mine for sale anywhere. I plan on continuing this form for a good while so I'm excited to see what's in store!

I am selling these but they will be at a very high price as it took alot of work to make all of this happen. I'm going to price this one at $200. I'm not sure what I'm going to price the second one as of yet, or what they would be priced if bought together, as it took me 3 whole semester's worth of work to get the shape right and to make the glaze look like this.

If anyone interested has an offer for both of them that fit's the price of the work I will gladly consider it!

05/01/2022

The semester is ending this week! So expect a lot of updates of what I've all done this semester! Cannot wait to show you all! I'll attach some pictures so you all can have a sneak peak! The 2 that aren't finished have been completed and they are gorgeous!

03/27/2022

For those of you who are curious, here's the link to the mankato symphony performance where I sung with my class part of Beethoven's 9th. Vocals start a little after 59 min.

It was an amazing experience and I was awed with how we all sounded!

I'd also like to announce that I will be in Matilda the musical that will be put on with Merely players community theater. There will be 8 performances in very early May!

Beethovenfest!Recorded live March 4, 2022Christ ChapelGustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, MinnesotaHoward Hsu, conductorJenny Haugen, sopranoMelissa Willia...

03/27/2022

Hello everyone! I know it's been awhile so I wanted to pop in and give you all an update.

I'd like to announce that I've partnered with a website called freerangemarkets.com to sell my pottery! I've been very busy throwing and glazing pots to build up stock. That's why I've been so busy and not posting as much here. I'll be posting my pots for sale after the end of this semester. I'll be offering custom pots on there as well.

The pictures attached are what I've worked on these last 4 semesters. And some of them aren't even done yet. These are only the ones at the studio however as I have more at my apartment

I'm also working on a very big sculptural project that you can see the beginnings of at the very top right corner of the table.

I only have less than 5 weeks left to get what I need done so I will be at the studio every day, all day.

Let me know in message or comment if you have any questions on the items you see in the picture!

03/04/2022

Hello everyone! I know I haven't posted since last week and I just wanted to share why.

One of my other msu classes is concert choir. Last Sunday we had a performance singing some lovely songs here in mankato.

But today, the concert choir will be performing with the Mankato Symphony. We will be singing part of Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the orchestra. The last half hour of it actually. The class has practiced every day this week.

Honestly, Beethoven must have been spurned by a soprano because we are way high pretty much the whole time. Its definitely put a strain on my voice but it will be well worth it tonight at the concert.

Here is a link to the BBC prom performance of the symphony. Our performance will start an hour and 2 minutes in:
https://youtu.be/GWe2-0SGmRU

The mankato symphony will be recording this so I'll hopefully be able to share some of it in the next couple of weeks. And that goes to for our performance last Sunday as well!

02/25/2022

This piece has been sold, but if anyone is interested, I'm able to redo this glaze pattern if you'd like!

This is a teapot that I've made. I just got it glazed this week and I've finally been able to post it! I've made some strain holes where the spout meets the pot so you can potentially use loose tea in this.

I do want to mention that I edit most of my photos, as the colors aren't what they really are on a non edited photo. Especially when I use the color green. The last photo in this set is the original photo I took. That's a big difference!

02/22/2022

This bowl took me ages! It was well worth it though! I do not, however, like how the green turned out because it was supposed to be bronze, so I may paint gold dots over it. I started this last summer when I was bored. I finally put the time in and finished it last week. I’ll do something like this again, but on a smaller scale, and do other glaze things on the rest of the pot.

There is so much I want to do with ceramics, and it feels like I never have enough time. I have all these ideas and things I want to try, and all I can do is write it all down and maybe I’ll get to it after all the other things I’m working on are done. It’s a really good feeling though because I can just feel the potential building and I really cannot wait to see where this all takes me!

02/22/2022

On Feb 12th I shared a black, white, bronze, and blue bowl. I really liked it so I wanted to know what it would look like if I switched some colors around. This bowl is black, bronze, white, and blue. It's really cool on how different it is.

I would like to point out that the reason there seems to be spots missing glaze is because the bowl was dusty when I glazed it, as I forgot to wipe it down.

02/22/2022

It has slipped my mind that I forgot to inform everyone that 3 of my works are currently on display at the 410 project gallery here in mankato! They are putting on a jurried art show and I submitted 3 of my works. They are on display until March 5.
If you head on over, you'll see over 100 art works and get to vote for your favorite one!

02/18/2022

This may be my new favorite pot! I worked on and off for 3 days so I’m very happy it turned out. There was a rather large chance that it would have looked awful but I’m ecstatic that it didn’t.
For now, I’m going to keep this pot so I can use it as an example to recreate this combo. However, if anyone wants a custom pot with this color, I’ll be happy to try my best to recreate it. Just note that it’s not guaranteed that it will turn out like this one.

02/15/2022

This came out of the kiln today! It was mentioned to me that it looks like funfetti. I totally agree. I know it's broken so it's more of me project than anything, but if anyone wants to buy it, please let me know!
I'm thinking of drilling a hole into it so it can be a planter and gluing those two pieces back to it and seeing what gold looks like on all the edges. Maybe it will turn out I'm not really sure.