The Official Site of the Brandywine Bonsai Society

Steve Ittel See http://www.ittel.org/steven_dale_ittel.htm Unglazed press-molded pot Stoneware press-molded in plaster mold.	All pots are bisque-fired in an electric oven and high-fired in a gas oven. Because the work is done in a class, there is little control over whether a firing will be reducing or oxidizing. Multiple dipped glazes on press-molded stoneware
Unglazed hand-formed pots
Small hand-worked slab pot with copper glaze.	A bonsai enthusiast and strictly amateur potter, Ittel has been making pots for less than a year. Nonetheless, since he runs this web site, his pots are included. In his class, he is known as the "Crack Pot" for less that desirable pottery reasons Silicon carbide foamed white glaze on stoneware. About 3" or 75mm.
Small, slab-built stoneware with Small hand-formed pot with nice light blue glaze. color from reduction firing. Hand-thrown stoneware pot with light iron glaze applied wet.
Hand-thrown stoneware with silver wash. Series of extruded square pots Porcelain worked with stained porcelain and then thrown. Unglazed. High-grog stoneware with porcelain slip and iron stain.	Close-up of small extruded pot shown to the left. Extruded cylinder glazed very wet. Low, hand-thrown stoneware with copper glaze
Slab-built, glazed stoneware.
	Slab-built, unglazed stoneware.
Stoneware suiban with green glaze. Small, round, hand-thrown stoneware pot showing nice color from a reducing firing.	Unglazed, stoneware cascade pot made by wrapping a slab around a 6" cardboard tube. The logo of Brandywine Bonsai Society is porcelain and brown-firing clay pressed into the pot before drying.