HOPE & TESTING II

Every now and again I will throw a group of small footed bowls or cups for anticipated testing and this is just such a piece, no frills, bells or whistle rather singularly about seeing results. I keep trying to figure out what to do with my Hagi white glaze that on its own is a bit lackluster. I was a bit surprised by the sheer amount of color saturation that I got with the simple addition of a black glaze composed of manganese dioxide, iron oxide and cobalt, the glaze just melted into the surface and more or less maintained the decoration which I figured would just melt into an unrecognizable mess. I guess the bigger question now is will this continue to work and where do I go from here though I suspect the next surface may be horizontal and a bit less vertical. We will see and yet I am always mindful of my testing and glazing strategy; “Sperare optima, Parare pessimal, Expectare inexpectata”