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Amarillo Art Institute and Top of Texas Catholic Superstore are not equipped to mail my pottery, but if you will notify me by phone, email or text with your selection information, I’m able to do that. Shipping charges will apply. I do not have a Cart for purchasing. Thank you for your understanding.
Welcome
“O LORD, you are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.” – Isaiah 64:8
All of the pottery pieces have been created by hands that Trust in God for all things. Each piece has a Bible reference location stamped in it from the New International Version (NIV) Bible. Hence, it’s “In the Clay.”
“O LORD, you are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.” – Isaiah 64:8
All of the pottery pieces have been created by hands that Trust in God for all things. Each piece has a Bible reference location stamped in it from the New International Version (NIV) Bible. Hence, it’s “In the Clay.”
FUNCTIONAL POTTERY
The pottery has been wheel thrown or slab rolled. Each piece is unique and functional and designed to be the centerpiece of conversation; perhaps, one regarding the Bible reference.
The pottery has been wheel thrown or slab rolled. Each piece is unique and functional and designed to be the centerpiece of conversation; perhaps, one regarding the Bible reference.
THROWING: The process
My pottery pieces are thrown on a Brent C electric wheel. After the piece is created, it is allowed to semi dry before adding texture, Bible reference and signature. The Bible references may reflect my thoughts at that time or perhaps where God leads me in the Bible to make a connection between the buyer and the original Creator.
My pottery pieces are thrown on a Brent C electric wheel. After the piece is created, it is allowed to semi dry before adding texture, Bible reference and signature. The Bible references may reflect my thoughts at that time or perhaps where God leads me in the Bible to make a connection between the buyer and the original Creator.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Leona Beddow was born in Iowa and lives in Amarillo, Texas, with her husband, Dean, a retired optometrist/owner of Broome Optical in Amarillo. Both have lived in Texas more than 55 years and consider Amarillo home.Art has played a major role in Leona’s life since her early years eventually resulting in a Master of Arts degree with emphasis on line drawing and a minor in photography from then West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas. It wasn’t until her retirement from Amarillo College in 2006 that she began to have the time and the desire to try her hand at clay.
Auditing an academic class in ceramics, she says, “I remember that spring semester 2007 at Amarillo College studying under Dennis Olson. I really thought we would start on the wheel immediately but instead we learned how to make clay. That was followed by learning how to make pinch pots. Then we extruded coils to make pots . . and we used the slab roller for hand building pots, and it wasn’t until mid-semester that we got on the wheel to throw. What a challenge! It was all a challenge.
“Some of the students had a background in working with clay in high school. And even though I have a master’s degree in art, clay was never part of my studies,” she said.
Her first pieces were small and crude. “I still have some of those,” she said, “as a reminder of where I’ve been and how far I’ve come. I haven’t arrived by any means but I’m enjoying the journey, the process and watching God use this talent He has given me.”
Work in Progress.
Leona is putting finishing touches on this double-rim bowl.
AT THE WHEEL
Leona is smoothing the clay on her wheel-thrown bowl.
AT THE SLAB ROLLER
Leona has put about four pounds of clay through a slab roller. The thickness of the space under the roller has been adjusted and the clay is placed between two pieces of canvas before she manually rolls it.
A SLAB-ROLLED PROJECT
Leona is creating a flower pot, 9x8 inches, with multiple pieces of slab. This work-in-progress will have a drainage hole in the bottom, be up-ended and rim created along with an added saucer underneath to catch water.
PHOTOS
No images will be on the website. Inquire personally by phone or email. Subject matter and size varies along with framed/matted or canvas-wrapped. All are ready to hang.
In the Clay
(806) 681-7441
milagrobeddow110@gmail.com
CLAY
Marilyn’s Bod
This clay is a red-brown stoneware, excellent for throwing and functional ware. It is glaze-fired to cone 6.
Olson’s Bod
This clay is a high fire clay suitable for throwing and sculpting. It is glaze-fired to cone 10 (a temperature of 2380 degrees F). It has an off-white finish as compared to the soft pink of Marilyn’s Bod after the initial cone 04 bisque fire.
S-B Red Bod
This clay is a a semi-smooth red body of clay with sand and grog. Grog is a granular, raw material that is added to clay giving it structural strength for hand building and throwing. Although a cone 5 clay, my pieces are glaze-fired to cone 6. There is a temperature difference of 65 degrees between the two.
LOOKING INSIDE THE KILN: Finished
The kiln lid is open to reveal the finished product.
LOCAL BUSINESSES selling In the Clay pottery
AMARILLO ART INSTITUTE
Arts in the Sunset
3701 Plains Blvd
Amarillo TX 79102
(806) 354-8802
Hours: Please call the number listed for hours.
TOP OF TEXAS CATHOLIC SUPERSTORE
2500 S Coulter St Ste 110
Amarillo TX 79106
(806) 353-0700
Hours:
Monday through Saturday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
AMARILLO ART INSTITUTE
Arts in the Sunset
3701 Plains Blvd
Amarillo TX 79102
(806) 354-8802
Hours: Please call the number listed for hours.
TOP OF TEXAS CATHOLIC SUPERSTORE
2500 S Coulter St Ste 110
Amarillo TX 79106
(806) 353-0700
Hours:
Monday through Saturday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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