{ceramic lamp}

clay: navajo white
glaze: sea green in reduction
measurement: 9.5" high, shade measures 6" high
studio: echo ceramics - los angeles, ca
artist: k. miguel

{this lamp took me a long time to finish. the shade took about 12 hours to carve, the round base about 3 months (this i'm not sure about), glazing about 8 hours. the entire process took me about 4 months to complete. for the base, i initially threw a cylindrical shape but decided that didn’t look right so i redesigned and for about 3 months i tried making this round ball shape. if you've seen my birdhouses that i've posted in the past these are actually all of my failed attempts at the lamp base. all of the hardware was bought on the interweb and i wired it myself. viola!}

{another bento}

{top tier} spinach soup
{bottom tier} turkey sandwich, cherry tomatoes, flower cut carrots

...sorry this picture sucks. i was up until 1:30am making this bento and didnt want to spend time on the images. sometimes i start these things late at night and it takes me fur-evers to finish them...

{oh complain!}

handbuilt by k.miguel
clay - bee mix
glaze - clear crackle {leaves are covered with green englobe}
fired - reduction

{this was a project request from wagsters. it's a steam bird. i've never heard of one before i made this. it's supposed to be placed in the middle of a pie to help the steam escape and prevent the top crust from bursting. fancy pants!}

{jewel box}

clay: bee mix
glaze: celedon fired in reduction
studio: echo ceramics, los angeles, ca
artist: k.miguel



i was very dissapointed when i got this back from the evil kiln. its glazed closed! i chipped the glaze on the front in my desperate {failed} attempt to pry it open with a steak knife.

{wtf ugly head bento}

lolz on this bento. especially on the ugly bear head or whatever that head is supposed to be...half pig, half bear, half big nose person? maybe someday i will get better at this. haha

{bottom tier} - two gyoza. carrot flowers. 6 rice squares wrapped in seaweed that has some type of yummy sesame oil on it topped with boat seaweed punches. 1 wanna be sushi roll - falling apart. slices of sprouts, cucumber, enoki mushrooms.
{top tier} - ugly rice bear head. slices of cucumber and carrot. 1/4 cup flower carrots. 1/4 cup soy beans.

{fasting bento box no.2}

haiku for wag-gu:
the 6th of each month
celebrates beautiful lives
dreams of mom and dad

{bottom tier} - one orange, wedged. half of a pomegranate
{top tier} - one apple, sliced, quarter cup walnuts, quarter cup peanuts

{kelly's first bento box}

{i received this bento box as a x-mas gift. here is my first lunch creation for a depressing first day back at work in 2010. i know this will brighten my lunch time.}

{bottom tier} – 3 goyza, 6 rice squared covered in seaweed with boat punched, bottle of wasabi and soysauce
(top tier} – quarter cucumber-sliced, quarter carrot-sliced, 3 cherry tomatoes, half cup of white rice

I think I will be hungry after lunch…I may need a bigger bento!

{Nesting Bowls 2009}

{nesting bowls by k. miguel} echo ceramics - los angeles, ca

{ birdhouse no.1 }

{birdhouse by k. miguel} echo ceramics - los angeles, ca




my ceramics class' assignment was to make a lamp and i designed one with a round base. the birdhouse came about from all my failed attempts to throw a round ball shape. {this is the first birdhouse of the series. i'll be posting the others as i take pictures.}