This is another pot from a while back, a double lidded Oribe
style slipware jar which makes lid throwing just a bit more complicated. Thrown
out of stoneware, applied black and then white slip before combing the
decoration. There isn’t anything too complicated here; simple covered jar, two
lids but it is the combination of a few of my favorite things that makes it all
the more interesting, Oribe and slipware. Over quite a few years of making
pots, the bulk of my English slipware inspired pottery has been based on terra
cotta clay but moving up in temperature to involve any number of my Oribe
glazes together with another traditionally based style of work like combed or
trailed slipware has been a real enjoyable adventure and honestly has probably
prolonged my level of patience before I normally just go, well, enough of that! For what it’s worth, here is one of
my favorite quotes as it applies here; “Enjoy the small things in life because
one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things.” Kurt Vonnegut
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