Dec 14
I think I may not use this technique again, even though I enjoyed this project. I found the lack of color palette frustrating, however. I really wanted a bright poppy red for the flowers, and one was unavailable. Red often is unpredictable, no matter what medium. The main reason, however, is that it needs a …
Dec 12
To get a decent line for the slip, we needed a dark colored clay. I already knew that slips didn’t turn out well if you fired them to cone ten, so I bought a bag of cone 06 terracotta clay called “Ward’s Red.” I’ve never used this clay before, but I was assured that it …
Dec 10
My friend Gabrielle brought a magazine into our pottery class with an interesting technique in which the potter painted flowers on white slip using different hues of tinted slips. I decided to try it out. Since we had a myriad of greens, the obvious choice for subject matter was botanical.
Dec 08
When I was trimming a foot on this, I couldn’t get it to center properly, so I ended up just cutting the foot off entirely. I meant to make a three-peg foot, which I’ve done before, but my friends suggested it would be fun to have no foot at all. I waxed the rim to …
