I
am firing off the last of three bisques in this current cycle in which I have
made groups of terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain and am rather glad to get
these pieces bisqued. Tomorrow I will finish clear glazing the last of
the terra cotta pieces of which this set of four shallow bowls is included.
Thrown in terra cotta, black slipped and then carved, the finishing touch is
adding white slip trailed dots in the intersections of the design. I like
adding the slip dots to the tebori carved pieces, it brightens things up just a
bit and creates an interesting focal point for the design. The only drawback is
that I prefer to carve when the pieces are a bit drier but need to get the
pieces finished while the slip will adhere and stay put on the clay, so
accommodations need to be made in the process. Besides finish glazing the terra
cotta pieces, I am hoping, planning to get the first of two glazes on the
stoneware pots currently in the bisque and at any rate plan on loading the
first terra cotta glaze kiln tomorrow afternoon and fire it off on Wednesday.
We'll see how that all goes.
"Our
plans never turn out as tasty as reality." Ram Dass
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