FIVE BY FIVE

Illustrated is a greenware tebori XOXO covered jar that was one of five made at one sitting and dealt with the next day, morning for trimming, constructing and slipping and late afternoon for carving. Unlike a lot of other potters where I see dozens of the same thing I tend to stick to a dozen or less of a single pot to keep things interesting for me. This covered jar was thrown out of terra cotta, about 3 lbs of clay with matching lid, tooled, had a "broken branch" style knob affixed to the lid, black slipped and then carved later that afternoon with this simple XOXO patterned. Honestly the most difficult and time consuming part of this covered jar and getting the knob just right and getting it securely attached to the lid at the right time so that once fired there are no fine line cracks. Other than the trimming, slipping and carving, throwing five jars and five lids is quite an enjoyable way to spend some time while listening to in this case to one of my 80s remixes CDs.