DECISIONS TO BE MADE

I have a decision to make, this covered serving bowl is at the exact stage to either slip it or flip it and wait for other decorating options. This is not usually such a conundrum but in this case, I made five of these forms and lids and slipped and carved two, B&W slipped one, left one for abstrakt resist which brings me to this one. These were actually thrown last week, tooled, the majority dealt with and this one was wrapped up real well until today when it was go time and in the end I black slipped the piece and carved an old rhythm design around the lid and base. It doesn't seem like much but trying to make a decision without any guidelines like a specific order makes it really easy to muck up a pot, like that last handful of pots to glaze when you are tired and just want things done, that is when you can fall back on tried and true of things go very wrong. With terra cotta running a bit low I am all about maximizing my output and doing everything I can to nudge things in the way of a good (and harmonious) outcome so tried and true it is, well was.          

"All our real decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last." Marcel Proust