Lyla Kaplan Pottery
Magic happens in the spaces between
I throw pots on a traditional treadle wheel, often adding slips and altering the form. I play with glazes and the kiln atmosphere. I search for the magical, liminal space between oxidation/reduction, internal/external, emptiness/fullness, inhale/exhale, joy/sorrow, function/experience.
Newest project - Radical Compassion: Art as Social Action
Fermentatio kit. Jar is 10.5" tall, rattle handle. Pieces nest together to create a kit that includes a garlic keeper, votive candle holder, salt jar, cucumber seeds, and instruction manual.
Titled "Nirvana Pickles: The Four Abodes +1, a meditation matryoshka kit for humans on earth” - in Strictly Functional Pottery National 2023
Nesting pieces.
3 days fermented "half sour" pickles (salt brine - no vinegar). A 2-3% brine solution is 1-3 tablespoons non-iodized salt per litre (4 cups) of water So fizzy!! So yummy!!!
Garlic keeper, holes allow air to circulate. 7" tall, cloud handle, woodfired
"Cloud Seeding" 10.75" L X 8.25"W X 9" H, in Yellow Springs Ceramics National, 2024
Woodfired stoneware "earth" bowl with oribe and shino
porcelain "cloud" handle with nuka and glass beads. Glaze dripped to form a pool.
Cloud bowl - 9" X 7.5"
Couple of Sippers 4"W X 5"H
Wild clay dug from Virginia
Works great for a single mug too.
Recommend cone filters #2 like the Hario V60 (the ones that come to a point)
Vase, 11"
Pitcher, 11"
Dylan deconstructed cup: Make You Feel My Love
We pulled over on the PA Turnpike just outside of Morgantown to find safety in a ditch! My son had the presence to film it. It was an intense experience! This system did a lot of damage only a mile away. I could feel the spin in my body long after. I still imagine spiraling up and down when I breathe in and out, especially when I center on the wheel.
May 28, 2019
