Vessels

Photo by Katy Buchanan

I don't know why, but I love collecting pots and vases and glasswork. At one point in my life, I made them, when CMOA still had art classes ( I so loved wandering past the bone room to the clay studio. )

Pottery was fun. And hard! You really develop some strong arms using the wheel and kneading the clay (actually, that is the hardest part ... trying to get out all the air bubbles.)

Anyway, CMOA ended those art classes some years ago, and I had stopped attending before. I still see my former instructor, Valda Cox, at the 3 Rivers Arts Fest and the Fair in the Park.  (And by the way, on Shady Avenue on Fair in the Park weekend, there are some great yard sales.)

Back to my point. I am trying to declutter, but I have some vessels that I just can't part with. Why do I like things that hold things? Stability? Safety? Beauty? For whatever reason, I love them. And some were purchased when I really could not afford them (and the shops no longer trade). Not pictured here is a really pretty glass vase that I bought when Fifth Avenue Place in DT Pittsburgh had some cool shops.

Here are a (very) few of  my favorites (including an empty bottle of perfume by Paloma Picasso. (Perfume bottle design is a fascinating land of art all by itself.)

Photos by Katy Buchanan

Paloma Picasso perfume bottle.

Red pot is from Fireborn Studios on the South Side.
One on right from a shop in Lawrenceville.
The little crackle glass vessel I bought at a yard sale in Shadyside. Looks like a Blenko.

 

 

 

From Toadflax in Shadyside, November 2019.