Hand-Built Crock
I love the crock shape for its beautiful simplicity. A straight-walled, functional pot with deep history and Early American folkart roots.
These pots are my revisit of the traditional crock, recreating the crock’s sophisticated swagger with a contemporary swing.
These are hand-built, slab pots made of high-fired stoneware. Slab pots are pretty straight forward, you roll out a slab, shape it into a pot, add a bottom and a rim.
Most of the features are functional to the pot’s construction. The imprint on the seam is stitching, assuring a strong seal. Coils over the lip are used to re-enforce the coil joint.
I have included a variety of colors and some minor build variations. I have named the colors after places I have been and the inspiration I got from being there.
Jasper, AB: Just north of Jasper is Patricia Lake and Pyramid Mountain. Hand-built, slab pot, 5 1/2” dia x 6” tall.
Santa Fe: Stark beauty; I would go back. Hand-built, slab pot, no rim with stick herring bone pattern, 5 1/2” dia x 6 1/2” tall.
Castle Rock Mesa: Just south of Denver, Castle Rock Mesa juts up and alone above the flat east of the Front Range. It wear it’s snow like a royal robe. Hand-built, slab pot, 6 1/2” dia x 6” tall.
Acadia: “This is the forest primeval…..Bearded in moss, and in garments of green…” Hand-built, slab pot, 5” dia x 6” tall.
Moab: Can’t believe I didn’t go here in the 70’s! Beautiful in a way that only shear rock face can be; I would go back. Hand-built, slab pot, no rim with stick herring bone pattern, 4” dia x 4 3/4” tall.
Morraine Kayak: Take your kayak out to the middle of Morraine Lake, paddle a bit towards the glacier, and sit a while. Hand-built, slab pot, 5 3/4” dia x 5” tall.
Bryce Canyon: Guardians. Hand-built, slab pot, 6 1/2” dia x 6” tall.
Mountain Sky: Is the sky really a dark blue when you are on the top of the mountain? Hand-built, slab pot, 5 1/2” dia x 6” tall.