I
had shown both of these pieces as greenware and decorated just prior to going
in the bisque so I thought I would show the pair just out of the glaze fire.
Both were intended to be glazed in the Narumi-Oribe style and the deep green
did its part rather well but the Narumi-Oribe just wasn't quite strong enough
where I mixed up 20% iron slip with 80% white slip. In retrospect I should have
likely gone 60/40 remembering that more is better (?) but no changing the
results now. All in all it still has a neat look and it works well on the
thrown and squared forms so best to live and learn with the next kiln being the
test crucible especially with all the various kiln filler intended as much for
feedback as anything else. "There is an element of luck,
this is an element of trial and error, sometimes you fail, sometimes you
succeed. It's not as beautifully simple as it may seem when we are talking
about it." Lakhdar Brahimi
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