Liz Denys

Denim coffee pitcher, 2024

April 20, 2024

Blue jeans / well worn leather / rows of cornflowers along a dirt path
Medium brown stoneware clay with white grog, slab-built, denim satin glaze

This medium brown stoneware pitcher has a squat, geometric form with a hexagonal base and opening.

The form flares out towards the bottom and each of the six sides is made of two trapezoids - a larger one on top and a smaller on the bottom.

The denim satin glaze is applied in a tape-resist maze-like pattern that follows the lines of the form.

The glaze is a deep navy blue with lighter blue flecks suspended above.

The maze-like glaze pattern alternates between panels with horizontal and vertical openings around the pitcher.

The inside of the pitcher is glazed solidly in the denim satin.

Starlit sky coffee pitcher, 2024

April 13, 2024

Starlit sky on a clear night / the milky way / eternity / clarity / raindrops sticking to window glass
Black stoneware clay with fine white grog, slab-built, blue hare's fur glaze

This black stoneware pitcher has a squat, geometric form with a hexagonal base and opening. The form flares out towards the bottom and each of the six sides is made of two trapezoids - a larger one on top and a smaller on the bottom.

The blue hare's fur glaze is applied in a tape-resist starburst pattern from the corners of the geometric form.

The glaze is mostly transparent but speckles of blues, both light and navy, float in each section of glaze.

The bottom is sanded to give a perfectly flat surface and some lighter brown texturing around the edges. My signature and the year are stamped in the bottom, and glaze fills those impressions.

The inside of the pitcher is glazed solidly in the blue hare's fur glaze.

Patina tissue box, 2024

March 28, 2024

Tan stoneware clay with black speckles and light grog, slab-built, matte copper patina glaze

A tissue box has a maze-like pattern in black speckled matte green glaze reminiscent of tarnished copper.

The revealed tan speckled stoneware has flashed from the salts in the glaze and appears in a shiny, teak-toned color.

Each side of the tissue box has a unique maze-like pattern.

The top has a hole for pulling tissues surrounded by the maze-like glaze pattern.

Bottle glass planter and drip tray, 2024

March 1, 2024

Algae in pond water / crests and troughs / sea glass
Heavily grogged buff stoneware clay, slab-built, glossy bottle glass green glaze

The planter and its drip tray both have wavy edges and sections of each overlap. The planter is glazed in a glossy teal green. Near the rim, the glaze is more matte and grey, and in the body, it is the bright crackled blue-ish green.