ALL WHITE

I decided to show this mostly all white bottle from long ago and far away against two different backgrounds to try to show the characteristics of both the slip and glaze on the bottle. I have been playing with making kohiki style pieces on and off for a very long while and this is one of the pieces from a distinct batch that I fired in particular as each group changed depending on the nuka and wood ash sources. The slip is a heavy kaolin based recipe that goes on the pot at leather hard, bone dry or bisque and the clear is made of a combination of nuka and wood ash making for a nice surface. As you can see in the photos, the pot was dipped in the slip and then I poured a small amount around the pot while holding it upside down to encourage the slip to run toward the neck and mouth of the piece. This gives the pot a little more interest and makes the surface appear to defy gravity just a bit. At the end of the day it is a simple bottle with a simple surface and minimal decoration but I think it would look nice with a big red bloom in it; Rosanjin may be right, a pot in use is a complete pot.