Joy lives in a turquoise house in the Black Pearl of New Orleans since 2003. She can hear the rattle and see the green streetcar on St. Charles. She has a calico cat and a blonde dog who has hair just like hers. The Raku garden has a Pink Lily and a Grapefruit tree plus lots of green vines and ferns etc. A red headed daughter, two blonde grandkids and a brunette with a drivers permit ll her social calendar when she is not on a roll in her Blue House Studio. Being a full time Clay artist since 2007 she gives special thanks to her collectors. Joy is radiant to be creating her clay art and nding the next colorful story sharing old or new memories. TECHNIQUE - STORY POTTERY BY JOY GAUSS I create my signature shapes (Bone Gang Jars, Walking Pots, Wall Chimeneas, Nicho Altars). I create these clay shapes by combining wheel work and hand building often extending and altering the clay. Upon the surfaces I layer drawings, textures and thoughts to create each original story. Bisque red, under glazed, hand painted with colorful glazes each is then Raku red. This hands on Raku ring process juggles smoke, timing and temperature to not only melt glaze to glass but creates the pieces archaic look. Always new stories, always one of a kind, always me made = Joy Gauss 

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Raky fired clay

12 x 8 inches

Raku fired clay

10 x 7 in.

Raku Fired Clay

hand glaze painted

6 - 9 inch by 3 in.

2 part - removable heads

characters limited only by imagination!