POURED B&W

I have been continuing to work on "faceting" surfaces using this jagged piece, almost a splinter of wood that has two sharp surfaces, one runs vertical and the other horizontal making for a neat chisel effect which you can see in the details of these photos. First thrown, the surface was then quickly faceted while still wet and then the whole bowl was pushed a bit oval. As the pot dried, I poured both white and black slip over the piece at four distinct point making for a random decoration and then once bisque, I glazed the teabowl in my saffron glaze with a hint of added iron here and there though I suspect it would have benefitted from just a bit more iron, but who wouldn't? I think the results are somewhat promising as I am trying to get more comfortable with the cut and tear method of faceting. The current results are just a bit unpredictable but in the end, it is this random quality that will keep me interested, keep each bowl a bit different and hopefully each cut as fresh as when it was made.

"When you allow yourself to be unpredictable, you step from the known into the unknown, where anything is possible*." Deepak Chopra

(*Anything being possible may not necessarily be the best thing conceivable on firing day, just saying.)