Typical
Monday, made a good solid plan for studio tasks on Sunday and executed it
today. These three in a row covered pieces and lids are close to the finishing
touches for, you guessed it, the third kiln load of pots that should finish
this terra cotta cycle. On the board are two taller covered forms and one covered
serving bowl, all three will be finished off in carved black slip, tebori style
with something just a bit new added. At the moment I am unclear what the next
cycle will be and I suspect due to some back log it is likely to be terra cotta.
Though I have a few things in stoneware I would like to pursue for myself, orders
and commissions take precedence over
following an idea at the moment. I have to admit, I love making covered
pots from serving bowls to cap jars and beyond, truth is that I really enjoy
covered pots in general as well, especially mizusashi. The hidden space, the
volume hinted at from the form interests me plus the bonus of the mysterious
contents. Over the years I have had customers tell me that they use my lidded
pieces for every conceivable use from pet food to the final resting place of
loved ones (i.e. ashes) which has also included the ashes of a cremated pet
snake which was fired on one of my large plates that I had made, garbage fired
style and later housed in a jar from the same firing, well what little was left
over. This leads me to wonder what's in your jar?
(And just in case
someone wants to know why three, it is simple, that is all that fits on an
average ware board.)
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