HAND BUILDING 101

In case you were or are wondering, this is what a screwed up elbow looks like, not from an MRi or x-ray but rather from the standpoint that this is what I am able to do. For some time now I have been having issues with acute tendonitis, I know, poor baby and after getting a number of pots made and dealing with the oncoming winter issues around the house and yard, I find it next to impossible to wedge or center without a good deal of pain. The answer recently has been making tray forms and slab pieces which I am oh so good at so what you are looking at is the pieces parts for two flask forms, likely to be slipped and then glazed in either oribe, amber or soda blue, just not sure yet and best not to count my chickens before they hatch. As is probably rather clear these two flask forms won't be particularly large as the larger they get the more the flaws of my hand building will be exaggerated and honestly they are intended to be more filler between other pots in an upcoming firing that includes a few orders/ commissions. With any luck, the building will go smoothly, not aggravate my elbow and in the end come out at least close as to how I see them in my mind's eye, that would be just enough for me at this moment. 

(I should note that there are only pieces parts for two pieces here. I am not much of a hand builder and as to not get out ahead of my skis, two is enough. The small necks and stoppers will be thrown once the bodies of these two flasks are finished.) 

 The second photo is from the next day once the flask forms were rough built, still needing a bit of fine tuning. Once completed the plan is to cover them in black slip and add white slip, impasto style to the front and back. At this moment the glazing plan seems to be a bit up in the air but will ultimately be either my Oribe, an amber or the soda blue, whatever I choose building and decorating these two pieces was a nice deversion and didn't really add to my ongoing elbow issues.