sm.-raku-plant-hold
Date: 12/02/2008
Raku can be used as planter holders or as a planter if you punch a hole in it. However, it will absorb moisture and may leave marks on tables in you don't put it on a coaster. They are great outside and develop a weather patina with time. Plants seem to like them and they especially look good with succulents and cactus. Be sure to let them dry out between watering.
sample-planter
Date: 12/02/2008
Often, I might pick the more crude shapes or surfaces to use for outdoor planters. I can punch a hole in the bottom without too much damage. Of course it is good for the plant to allow the water to run out to allow the soil to dry between waterings.
stone-planter-hold1.2
Date: 12/02/2008
Stoneware pots are perfect for planter holders for indoors or outdoors. However, I do not make them with holes in the bottoms nor do I make trays for them, so they would not be used by filling with soil for planting. Do not try to punch a hole in the bottoms because that would break the pot. Look for a earthenware pot that fits in the stoneware pot with some space around it.
pinch-n-burnish
Date: 12/02/2008
I really liked this little Venus Fly Trap and was inspired by a crippled fly floundering on the ground where I was fixing these planted pots. So I just had to give it one of my nicest burnished, saggar fired pinch pots. Moss and polished stones seem to make it nice and secure and the fly was its first official meal.
Oh yeah, you're looking at it through a zip-lock bag filled with air to keep the moisture in while its on display.
Oh yeah, you're looking at it through a zip-lock bag filled with air to keep the moisture in while its on display.