For my fifth series of pots, I tried out a new shape: the jewellery box. Mine have the size of an egg, so maybe more of a ring box. It was very time-consuming to throw and I'm not keen on doing those again! We started with a cylinder, then closed it up to make like an egg, empty inside. At the leather-hard stage, we sliced it open and painstakingly try to make a lip for the lid to fit perfectly onto the base. Then glazing and firing as one unit so that they evolve the same way to maximise the fit. They came out of the kiln stuck, and gentle banging with a stone on the sides (protected by a fabric) easily separated them again.
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| Two egg boxes (two more to follow) in: 3 x Late Owen blue out: 3 x Misty blue |
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| My usual "series of three" 3x glossy white 3-4x Late Owen blue |
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| lid & inside: 3x Late Owen blue outside: 2-3 new blue-black, then transparent |
