30 October 2009

New Work

New Work Below! I'm very happy with how they have all come out...

I'll be selling these pieces tonight at my show at the Rocket Club (for tickets to the show, go to www.siriusbmusic.com.) I'll check my email before then...So, today is your chance to make any last minute orders for these one-of-a-kind Day of the Dead / Mexican Revolutionary cups below. (There might be some left after tonight, but hopefully not)

All the cups are somewhere between 4 and 7 inches tall, to give you a feeling of the scale. They are all $32. They are dishwasher/microwave safe. Write me at panchoromerobond@gmail.com for any orders.

Pictures are in sets of two to try and show around the whole cup.

Have a great day, and Happy Halloween!
 

 
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22 October 2009

Sirius.B Voted

The readers of the Mountain Xpress, Asheville's premier weekly arts and culture magazine, voted Sirius.B the Best Rock Band, Best Experimental Band, 2nd Best Indie Band and Third Best Live Show (after Beastie Boys and Phish) in Asheville. This is a big step up from two years ago (2nd or 3rd Best Band Nobody's Ever Heard Of...) and Last year, (3rd Best Indie Band).

See it for yourself here in the Mountain Xpress.

If your interest is sufficiently piqued, pick up a copy of our first album, or a t-shirt, at our website -- www.siriusbmusic.com

And keep an eye on my brother's travels, if you like, as he returns home from a triumphal tour through the UK. You can find him at www.yearofathousandroommates.com. He's traveling the world for a year, playing music and meeting wonderful people. Drop him a line and be one of his 1000+ roommates this year!

Have a great day!

19 October 2009

New Work

I've been working on a whole ton of pottery lately, and below I've posted some recent pieces. There are a whole bunch more in the kiln now too, so stay tuned...

As usual, these are all for sale...I'll be taking better photos and slowly posting them on my etsy site as well (www.bondpottery.etsy.com). I'm selling them them for $32 (shipping and handling is on me for my loyal blog readers within the United States). Allow me to tell you a bit about the process:

Each cup is hand thrown (the term used to describe what one does on the pottery wheel) with a clay called Dark Brown (a very apt name for a clay which is indeed Dark Brown). After throwing it, I allow it to set up a bit (basically get slightly hard) and then return it to the wheel, upside down, to "trim it". (Trimming a cup is essentially cleaning up the form and carving in the foot of the cup). I then paint the entire cup (still on the wheel) with a white slip (liquidy clay).

After the slip has dried somewhat and the cup has set up a bit more, I begin to carve away at the white slip, revealing the dark clay beneath. This is called "sgraffito", which is basically Italian for "scratching away".

After all this is done (about an hour per cup carving time), the cup is fired for the first time, at a relatively low temperature (approximately 1945 degrees). I then glaze the inside, leaving the outside raw to show off the beauty of the natural clay body. (I occasionally paint with an "underglaze" on small parts of the exterior). I then fire the piece again, this time at a somewhat higher temperature (in the ballpark of 2200 degrees).

And there she is....So below you'll see the result. If you'd like one, drop me an email at panchoromerobond@gmail.com and I'll be happy to ship it to you.

Ah, and a bit of background before viewing the images:

1. The cup entitled, "Business Up Front, Pancho in the Rear", is called (and labeled) as such based on a quote by my wife in reference to my various names and aliases. My names, my wife says, are like a mullett. This is not a reference to any sort of sexual act, I assure you.

2. A sextapus is a (mythical?) creature that lives in the deepest, coldest waters of the ocean. It survives on a diet made up primarily of mustaches, and has been known (on rare occasions) to don, for certain occasions, a fake mustache.

 
Asheville Sombrero (Front)


 
Asheville Sombrero (Back)


 
A Screaming Yawn (Front)


 
A Screaming Yawn (Back)


 
Standin' Around (Front)


 
Standin' Around (Back)


 
Attack of the Sextapus (Front)


 
Attack of the Sextapus (Back)


 
A Sad Ruffian (Front)


 
A Sad Ruffian (Back)/


 
Asheville Mustache / Delacroix (Front)


 

Asheville Mustache / Delacroix (Back)


 
Asheville Mustache / Delacroix (Back)


 
Business Up Front, Pancho in the Rear (Front)


 
Business Up Front, Pancho in the Rear (Back)


 
Urban Living (Front)


 
Urban Living (Back)


 
Crazy Asheville Lady (Front)


 
Crazy Asheville Lady (Back)


 
The Tentacular Sextapi of Business (Front)


 
The Tentacular Sextapi of Business (Back)


 
Red-Eyed Sextapus #1 (Front)


 
Red-Eyed Sextapus #1 (Back)


 
Red-Eyed Sextapus #2 (Front)


 
Red-Eyed Sextapus #2 (Back)