BrightsideB
Omono
Good question. It can classify as an octagon but not a perfect octagon. I like the term cut corner rectangle because that is the image that the octagon portrays.
Brightside Bonsai Pots
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BrightsideB
Omono
Colorado
Masterpiece
All cut corner rectangles are octagons, but not all octagons are cut corner rectangles.
In geometry
ForrestW
Shohin
Nice new work!!! looking tight 
BrightsideB
Omono
Going to be doing the first showing of my work with my partner Leah who makes pots with me and does all the photography. It will be at the ATL bonsai club show at the botanical gardens.
Been a busy late winter but here are three from yesterday’s kiln unload I will be taking. Got more coming. Plus a lot of footage for my YouTube channel I am starting. Each video will show how I build certain pots. And it won’t be over once the pot is done. I will show glazing technique and the final pot as well! I think people would find it awesome to have a pot they can see being made. Although the 4 videos aren’t done yet I think the pots will be done in time for the show in ATL.
Variations of the same glaze with different combos. You can see the light blue is consistent in all three.
Been a busy late winter but here are three from yesterday’s kiln unload I will be taking. Got more coming. Plus a lot of footage for my YouTube channel I am starting. Each video will show how I build certain pots. And it won’t be over once the pot is done. I will show glazing technique and the final pot as well! I think people would find it awesome to have a pot they can see being made. Although the 4 videos aren’t done yet I think the pots will be done in time for the show in ATL.
Variations of the same glaze with different combos. You can see the light blue is consistent in all three.
Colorado
Masterpiece
Very nice Rob!!! Leah’s photography is top-notch. Looking forward to seeing your YouTube videos!
BrightsideB
Omono
Thank you from us both! I’m excited about the videos. Man they are time consuming. But it’s really going to be nice once completed.
roberthu
Chumono
Just placed an order on Etsy. Should be here soon since we are less than 60 miles apart 
namnhi
Masterpiece
That's just a lunch break drive. I would have stop by the studio to see what else is available.Just placed an order on Etsy. Should be here soon since we are less than 60 miles apart
roberthu
Chumono
Hopefully one day I will be able to do that!
BrightsideB
Omono
Going to get it out soon! Thank you!!! It should arrive tomorrow or the following day.Just placed an order on Etsy. Should be here soon since we are less than 60 miles apart
BrightsideB
Omono
Luckily the real estate market has slowed down and will soon be moving to a place I can have visitors.
roberthu
Chumono
Look at this color!
BrightsideB
Omono
The color was unexpected but I was still pleased with how it came out! Glad you like it and thank you for ordering it!
roberthu
Chumono
The color is more stunning in person than on photo! I love it!
BrightsideB
Omono
This is the last pot I completed in this studio I began my journey into bonsai ceramics! This thread has documented that journey well. I haven’t really kept up any of my tree threads. But my tree’s are developing slowly… no they’re not neglected because of pottery… 
I’m submitting a pot into the bonsai pot competition. But it’s not going to be anything pushing the limits or anything. Just my style I guess. And it won’t be this pot.
But in this pot I wanted curves and angles to dance in a simple way. Although, now I wish I would have tied the feet in with the rim rather the second rounded half. As I built this pot from slabs. I gently compressed and then rounded the lower section. At first as a creative element I thought to just do one side. To sort of lend itself to a semi cascade and continue the flow of the tree. But didn’t like how it was looking. This is how it turned out!
I’ve started to leave the inside of my pots a bit rough and kind of like a fingerprint. I like improvising and building without molds, AI, or CAD. I made over a thousand jewelry molds in my past as a jewelry caster, managing one of the largest mold libraries in North America. That work taught me a lot, but also left me burned out on repetition. The repetition was soul-sucking. If I want or need to remake something, it’s not for efficiency but rather it’s a test of skill. With the individuality those who have my pots I believe deserve.
I’m submitting a pot into the bonsai pot competition. But it’s not going to be anything pushing the limits or anything. Just my style I guess. And it won’t be this pot.
But in this pot I wanted curves and angles to dance in a simple way. Although, now I wish I would have tied the feet in with the rim rather the second rounded half. As I built this pot from slabs. I gently compressed and then rounded the lower section. At first as a creative element I thought to just do one side. To sort of lend itself to a semi cascade and continue the flow of the tree. But didn’t like how it was looking. This is how it turned out!
I’ve started to leave the inside of my pots a bit rough and kind of like a fingerprint. I like improvising and building without molds, AI, or CAD. I made over a thousand jewelry molds in my past as a jewelry caster, managing one of the largest mold libraries in North America. That work taught me a lot, but also left me burned out on repetition. The repetition was soul-sucking. If I want or need to remake something, it’s not for efficiency but rather it’s a test of skill. With the individuality those who have my pots I believe deserve.
NateDyk47
Shohin
It took a couple glasses of wine, but I finally pulled the trigger on 4 of your pots
BrightsideB
Omono
Thank you!!! That round with the blue and green glaze I created. Its name is blue marble. In reference to earth. It reacted well in that firing it was in. I was surprised! I could go on about all of them but I honestly had to talk myself out of keeping the unglazed ovalIt took a couple glasses of wine, but I finally pulled the trigger on 4 of your pots
! I’ll get them out to you tomorrow!Similar threads
