When I do surface decoration on a piece I’ve thrown, I almost always have to work freehand, because I rarely remember to bring books and references from home to the pottery studio. For this piece, I remembered to bring books, and I used mehindi designs. I like mehindi designs because they are adaptable, and because the feeling of trailing a paste through a jacquard bottle into one of these traditional Vedic designs feels comfortable.
The red didn’t turn out very bright on all of this. This glaze, when it works, is quite stunning, but it needs to be reduced, so sometimes you have to hope the kiln gods favor you.
