Christopher Manning

A stoneware pitcher. This was one of the first pieces that I made of this size that looked professional.

A simple vase with throwing lines left in. The outside glaze is cohen red that turned blue and the inside is temoku over cohen red.

This is a piece that you really have to get your hands on to appreciate. I got this idea after a few failed cups and I love the way the shape and glaze came out. Many people say it looks like some sort of sea creature. Right now it functions as a great lavender holder for beside my bed. This piece started my interest in altering forms and getting a bit more unconventional with my work.

Stoneware with matte white glaze. This was the first piece I was really proud of.

This is one of my first hand built pieces. I really enjoyed the process of rolling out slabs of clay and cutting out interesting shapes. This actually started as a question of what to do with all these oddly shaped leftover slab cut-outs. It ended up turning into one of the pieces that I am most proud of.