ON THE DOT

 This particular vase is a result of two distinct project, the one was to use up roughly two and a half pounds of trimming scrap that had been put in a plastic bag to reclaim for use and the other was a simple 15 minute time limit project and this one actually came in at just 15 minutes on the dot. In this case the time started once the clay was wedged and then the simple, slightly thick base was thrown and then faceted at which time the pot was pulled off center a bit and dried just a bit at the shoulder. At this time the base was turned upside down and had a foot tooled in the piece saving the trimmings and the faceted slabs removed from the pot to throw the neck. Once the neck was thrown, it was dried just a bit as well and then luted to the base making sure the neck was straight up and down despite the tilt of the base. As you can see the shoulder area is recessed and should make for a great reservoir of glaze to collect and the rough rim around the foot should also act to slow down any glaze runs. At this point I am thinking about using the Kuro-Oribe or the newer Hagi white with iron yellow surface but might give it another 15 minutes or so before I make up my mind, the next step is it needs to dry and survive the bisque. At some point I'll see if it was 15 minutes well spent or not, like with most of these projects, I am not holding my breath.