SANS LEMONS

 

A short while ago I was asked to make a set of these closed form serving pieces and now that they have been fired, here is the only extra sans lemons. Being the eternal optimist that I am I went ahead and made a total of 10, eight for the order and two extras, one of which was the prototype. Things began to take an ominous turn as they emerged out of the bisque as one piece cracked half way around the footring and up the side but I forged ahead and glazed the remaining nine pieces in the Kuro-oribe style and this is how they turned out. This particular piece, looking a bit like some hovering space craft was the lone extra as they all emerged in top top form which is good as I was not relishing having to make one or two or even eight more to be honest. The top and texture benefitted most from the iron and despite this photo highlights all the paddled surface with some nice mottled glaze effect across the piece. With this set out of the way I am now wondering how this would work out on a much larger scale, perhaps time will tell.