Though I have been a bit
bogged down in throwing and decorating terra cotta I have been accumulating
both stoneware and porcelain pieces thrown at the end of the day with no idea
as to potential scheduling of completetion. Working and building up pots is a
rather common thing here with pots sometimes hanging around for two months or
so in the green stage as more occasional pieces are added to the growing
list.Though at this moment I have no idea when I will get to the 40+ or so
pieces, I took sometime this afternoon and decorated a few of them using black
and white backgrounds and wax resist. At the moment the glazing thought process
is to use the soda blue, amber and Oribe to highlight the surfaces and pieces
but anything and everything is subject to change. The illustrated covered jar with small
finial is thrown out of stoneware and is likely to be glazed in the soda blue.
The form is rather simple, streamlined with a notched foot, applied knob and a
decoration the compliments the pot and should be just the right amount of
contrast to add movement once glaze fired. Of course working with a runny glaze
on a straight-sided pot can certainly spice up the dynamic but I will wad the
lid and fire it with the feet resting on small slivers of soft brick, what's
the worst that can happen?
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