BASIC

Back to basics with this bowl, black and white slips, wax resist and my medieval green over; I have made a lot of these pieces but seem to have strayed a bit from this technique. This detail gives a closer perspective of what the surface looks like from the black slip being a bit "droozy" and bleeding to the dust like appearance on the surface that is actually part of the glaze surface under the right light conditions. I like this technique quite a bit as it is spontaneous and playful in nature but at the same time is unforgiving as once the wax goes on either you go through with the application of the black slip or you end up letting the piece dry, bisquing off the wax and ending up with a white slipped bowl! Luckily, I have worked out a hand full of designs that I like and work on the forms I through so there are few pieces that don't make it through to the black slip phase. There is nothing wrong with the basics.