Empty Bowls Event 2011

Well, Empty Bowls 2011 finally came (see February 7 post about the event). The soup was good and plenty and I ended up taking home a bowl that looked a bit like a geode. I'm pretty sure most of the pieces I helped with found good homes. I have evidence of a few.

The group project bowl I worked on with the marketing team, in a tulip motif, went at some early event, so I didn't get to see it off. The photo I'm sharing is of it in a case over at the Lux center. They were good enough to showcase some of the bowls before the event in a gallery in an upper room of the building.

Matt painted a lovely bowl that was part cherry blossom part bonsai. A high school exchange student from Mexico ended up with the bowl. Neat thought- having something you made end up in another country. (Carrie Masters took photos of the event- some here are from her. Check out her site! She does more than take photos.)

The February 7 post with a floral bowl was snatched up by a lady who later sent her husband to pay for it. I have photos of those series of events (via Carrie), so I thought it would be funny to share.

By the way, over $8,000 was raised for the BackPack program organized by the Lincoln Food Bank.

Bowl Glazin'

For the past few years, the university where I work has put on an event called Empty Bowls. It's actually an international thing and you can read about it here. The art department gets volunteer community groups together to make and decorate ceramic bowls. Then people can purchase a ticket to get a handmade ceramic bowl, soup and peace of mind that they donated to charity. I got the marketing team to do some larger pieces, but I've since gone back to do some on my own. I even got my fella to go with me- super fun. 

First, here's a larger one on a bowl shaped like a flower pot- before firing.

 

Now after a trip to the kiln:

I always like them better with my pencil lines still in- but those burn away during firing. Blast! Eh. 

I don't have photos of the finished product of others that I'd like to share, so I'll just wait. I like instant gratification- before AND after in the same post. I hope you agree.