STRETCHED OUT BLUES

A few weeks back I posted up a greenware teabowl made out of a new test clay. Up to that point and through the bisque, the clay seemed to hold up quite well and illustrated is the finished product. Now I will certainly admit, this is an odd teabowl and probably more than a bit tricky to use, but in terms of how the clay responded along the way, I have absolutely no complaints. I took a number of photos of the piece at each stage of the process to track the amount of variance caused by warping and loss of shape overall and have been very surprised that from greenware to finished piece there was no warping and the form stayed just as it was made other than the  normal and expected shrinkage. So the finished teabowl was glazed in the Ao+ which shows off the slip and areas of clay where the body was exposed during the combing. I guess I can't complain hitting on a new clay body to use with very few tests and zero failures along the way, now on to larger pots!