Here are some raw pieces we made 2009.

This pot was made to replace one Mom traded away in 1971. The original was in much more subdued earth tones. This one was made in 2009, October.

This pot was made in 1998 and has been waiting for the kiln all these years. It was fired and glazed in October, 2009. It already resides within a private collection in Oklahoma.

Kacie's Brownie Tankard after the first firing. (Carving by Candace).
Candace likes the brownie she set on the branch.

2009 Basket with braided handle in greenware. There are two colors of clay in this one, which makes the look of it a bit odd.

Pots after the first firing, November 30th, 2009. The basket shows how both of the clays look after firing: Gray clay which fires to white, and the red clay which fires to a bright orange color.

Grandma left one pot unglazed since 1940. The initials "EK" (Esther Kimball) on the bottom indicate, as is of course obvious, that she was not yet married to Grandaddy (They married in 1944 on Christmas eve). There were about ten pounds of Grandma's favorite clays, and several of her glazes stored in the basement in Tulsa in 1955, moved to Houston in 1965, dragged to Florida in 1983, transported to the barn in Oklahoma in 1998, and which Mom has rehydrated this last week (December 1st, 2009) to see what they will do after all these years. We are confident that Grandma would not have kept them if they were not viable.

The signature and date on the bottom of the Art Deco pot

by Esther Elizabeth Kimball (Hibbard).

The unglazed 1940 EK pot in profile.

Here it is from the top. The sculpting on the spout and handle are so very much representative of the late 1930's styles prevalent at the time in which Esther lived and  when the pot was made.

This angle shows the nice Art Deco carving on the handle.

Here it is with the original glazes from Esther's carefully preserved collection which have traveled so many miles. Esther left us her book with the glaze chemistry and sketches of her pots. She was studying at Tulsa University in the art classes there. This is before firing. Mom decided to take the risk and see how the glazes will do on the pot for which they were intended. We took a vote and decided the black handle and spout with a mixture of the light blue and leaf green for the body and interior. This is already in the kiln, waiting for firing.

The 1990's

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