Pots series 9 - A teapot!

This month Freya challenged me with a teapot! The four parts (main body,  spout, handle and lid) were stitched together at the leather hard stage. It is pouring like a bubbly unpredictable fountain (by which I mean it's not a great pour). I glazed it in transparent, applying splashes of manganese with a toothbrush.

Freshly stitched together,
spare handles in the back.

A generous spout

I pierced a hole for the spout in the main body
with some sort of apple corer

This first teapot is for my mum!

The lid is fired in place on the main body so that they expand
or contract together; I had to hit them with a big stone
to separate them after the kiln firing.

The matching mug (2x transparent glaze)

Pots series 8 - Satisfying glazes

I've got really exciting pots this weekend: my tallest ever (still below 20cm high), and finally getting the hang on the Owen blue glaze !

Glossy grey x2, misty green x2, at an angle

A drizzle of Owen blue on top of 2x Tenmoku

I love the details of the Owen blue glaze dripping,
and reacting with the Tenmoku underneath

Geometric Moleskine

From Gelli prints

Pots series 7 - Pink tryptich

For my seventh series, my three pots have a combination of pink and green/blue. It also features my first 'closed' vase (it has a tiny hole at the bottom so that it doesn't explode in the kiln). I love their soft curves !

Pink x 2
Sea mist x 1
Sea mist x 2

Pots series 6 - Scored tryptich

For my sixth series, I inlayed black slip clay at the turning stage. Carving, then filing the holes with black slip and finally scraping most of the excess. I love the angles of the top one.

Orange x 2
Transparent x 1