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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.
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