LEFT OVERS

Over time, there always seems to be some pots that just don't end up getting in either the bisque or glaze firings and sometimes both. My last terra cotta bisque/glaze firing ended up being a group of mismatched left overs from slipware to tebori that truth be told didn't make for a very good fit in an effort to use as much space in the kiln as possible and the oldest piece may have dated back to March.  This medium size terra cotta tebori tray form is just one such example and when I took this photo the bulk of the carving had been completed but the few finer details for the birds had not been finished yet. I usually wait until the clay is almost bone dry to add sgraffito decoration with a sharpened pin tool. Though not exactly like the Island of Misfit Toys, I will have to make specific pieces in the coming months to fit with these recently firing pot to keep them from seeming like they are oddballs and one-offs. Maybe 2021 should be the year where I do a better job planning out the firings so that these poor forgotten pots just don't sit around and collect dust.