Pottery catch up

It's getting too cold to throw at night now, so we're all in the process of finishing off past thrown work and starting hand building projects inside. I've started to do some tests for the bathroom basins to see what sort of clays I'll need to mix to get the desired finish on the outside and which glazes are going to be used on the inside. While I'm waiting for them to be fired I've managed to get some other bits a pieces started or finished.



A pinch pot pear. I'm hoping this one will stay in one piece, but it may not because the two different clays will react differently during the firing.







Glazing. The tile is a sample of the glaze on a similar clay so hopefully my faceted pieces will be yellowish green with coppery bronze breaks on the facets.



The result of "practicing to throw big things". I hate to waste anything and once a large pot or bowl begins to de-center, I tend to cut off the top and work with whatever is left, therefore producing quite tiny little bits and pieces that I then don't really know what to do with!









This is my favourite pot ever. It's the most perfect cylinder I've ever achieved and it's quite nice even without the candle inside. I decided not to glaze it so it's a lovely textured cream colour from it's bisque firing.