A LEMON OUT OF LEMON-AID

On some days throwing can end up seeming like I am just getting lemon-aid from the proverbial lemons, things drag and just don't go quite as planned. Stemming from this I ended up with a single thrown teabowl, left over after throwing a group of corresponding lids off the hump and as I moved a ware board this morning the tooled and finished bowl took a tumble direct to the concrete floor. Unlike Humpty Dumpty, it only took one potter with some spare time and an inclination to try and do something with the near flattened bowl and the illustrated teabowl is the end result. Cracked and ovalled beyond correction I first mended the crack with a seamless patch and then gently paddled the form to what you see here using a large and aged kitchen spoon. Once I ended up with the shape, I brushed thick, textured slip onto the bowl and at the very least it will make a good "next step" piece for testing, bigger that a pod or yunomi to best gauge the results of the slip and corresponding surfaces. Despite the description, I really didn't put very much time into this bowl but given the general mood of throwing for the day before I do feel a bit like I ended up making a single lemon out of lemon-aid.