SILHOUETTE(S) III

It has been a while but every now and I again it is enjoyable to make some more playful pots and the silhouette pieces fit that bill. Illustrated is a pair of silhouette tebori covered jars made of terra cotta, covered in black slip and then hand carved to various effect. In this case the subject matter is of Woof the dog both of which are accompanied by large silhouette knobs of  Woof to stand in as knobs for the pieces. There is not much different between the normal lids with tooled knobs and these exaggerated handles that are also slip covered and carved to match thematically with the rest of the pot beyond the addition of a cut out slab and ten minutes additional working time. As is easily imaginable the possibilities are endless and also mired in corny aphorisms but they are meant to be playful so why not commit 110%.