Monday, June 28, 2021
WRONG HAND, WRONG CLAY
When
it comes to slip trailing, the bulk of my work is done on terra cotta using black
and white slips, though other colors do occasionally come in to play. It has
been a rather long time since I have slip trailed either stoneware or porcelain
but over the past year of so I have been sneaking a few pieces in to the kiln
now and again as both tests for glaze surfaces but also working out various
design or decoration ideas. The illustrated bowl was fired recently and was
thrown out of stoneware, black slipped and then had white slip trailed over the
surface. Now here is where the difference comes to play, I am a natural left
hander and write, paint and slip trail with my left hand, in this particular
set of bowls I used my right hand to create a more spontaneous and less
controlled look and if nothing else I think I succeeded in what I was after. I used
a combination of a clear glaze with a very thin layer of saffron iron over the
piece to get this slightly amber and runny looking appearance. I like the
motion of the slip and surface working together and think that this isn't too
bad an attempt using the wrong hand and the wrong clay and temperature range. There
is another teabowl from this slight deviation which is firing now and hopefully
it will turn out as well though it is quite a bit difference in approach and
influences. Time and temperature will tell.
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