Black Cat Pottery

Welcome to Black Cat Pottery - a website for fellow pottery and gardening enthusiasts. Based in southeast Michigan, we create unique accents for your garden, provide landscape services and presentations on various topics. To reach Cheryl English, please send e-mail to: CEnglish@BlackCatPottery.com

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Monday, April 9, 2012

Sunflower Masks 6: Petals

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The final design for the Clytie masks I've created is what I call "Petals", because I use additional tiny petals as the ...

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Sunflower Masks 5 - Blossom

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The glazing process for these pieces is pretty much identical to the process for my Original Sunflowers. I use water-based chemical and s...

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Sunflower Masks 4 - Hair

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When I first started making these pieces, as many of them self-destructed in the fabrication process as survived it. The biggest challenge...

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Sunflower Masks 3 - Seed

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The first masks I made were actually a series of Medusas, again, influenced by my interest in Greek Mythology (and, probably, some transfere...

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Sunflower Masks 2 - Pasta

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The life mask process is not a complicated one, but it does require some practice. I first learned how to do it from my old friend Tim Mas...

Monday, August 1, 2011

Sunflower Masks 1 - Cake

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Not everyone knows that I'm actually educated as an Art Historian and Archaeologist - a Bachelor's Degree from Michigan State and a...

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Cheryl M. English and Black Cat Pottery

Black Cat Pottery: Detroit, Michigan, United States; Cheryl M. English, a long-time resident of the metropolitan Detroit area, has traveled as far as Singapore and Turkey, only to return to her childhood dancing grounds. Having earned a BA in Art History from Michigan State University and an MA in Art History and Archaeology from Cornell University, she realized she much preferred making art to dissecting it. A life-long autodidact, Cheryl first began her ceramics studies with Gene Pluhar through Grosse Pointe Community Education. Taking advantage of Mr. Pluhar’s classroom at Grosse Pointe South High School, she reveled in the pleasures of propane torches, sand blasters and drill presses while investigating the potential of slab rollers, extruders and the wheel. Cheryl’s work is a reflection of her “other” passion: gardening. As an Advanced Master Gardener (certified through Wayne County Extension), her abiding interest in things natural – and indigenous – is reflected in her whimsical creations. Cheryl’s work has been featured in The Detroit News Homestyle Section. Contact Cheryl at cenglish@blackcatpottery.com.

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