ON & ON

If you read my blog it probably is clear that I am determined to continue to tweak a glaze no matter how satisfied I was with it five minutes ago, on and on until it really can not be adjusted any more, think altered to the point of failure. For a couple of months now I have been playing with adding washes over may latest version of Oribe which has produced a number of different effects as both failures and successes. This small covered jar is the latest in a series of test that has come from some recent experimentation and I really like the droozy, weeping surface that is composed of metallic blacks and greys as well as silver and varying blues. This was the first pot that I tried this on that had smooth surfaces and little to no throwing marks and it still creates a rather active and lively surface. I took this picture in the sunlight because truthfully in normal or tungsten lighting the surface looks a bit dark and almost olive-brown but with the help of the Sun it just perks right up. I have also thrown a group of faceted teabowls that I will glaze up and fire next round and show the surface under several different light sources. For now, given the propensity for the surface to run, I am just thankful the glaze stayed on the pot and isn't now permanently attached to the piece of shelf it was fired on.