trio

These have appeared earlier individually, but now make quite a nice group.

Blue lagoon

three tall necked bottles

"endangered"

In the end, most of the fine detail was lost but that's part of the learning curve.

More moth bottles

studies

These are painted interpretations for my first 3 stopped bottles (2nd series). The images are very literal but once the pots receive their second glaze (Colin's chrome) all over, hopefully the decoration should melt and be "just there". However, when I come to glaze, I may not follow the full plan. Sometimes the best application is when you are in front of the pot.

Stopped bottles - second series

A group of 9 of 12 new bottles drying out for bisquing. I have continued the moth theme on 3 of them including the bottle lying down which has a 'chrysallis' attached to the bottle top. All very experimental as usual but the glazing will be the most challenging.

mocha and chocca Cone 10 experiments

I found a glaze recipe (no image) which promised "interestingly shaped chocolate brown matt crystals dispersed through a deep rich metallic brown glaze...not unlike a dark handmade paper with confetti-like bits in it." I mistakenly used 4% ball clay instead of bentonite and got a mochachino result which was interesting and possibly has potential if I don't overload the glaze. Dipping is better than pouring!


I re-made the glaze using bentonite and in the second firing, the end result is much as promised although very subtle and hard to photograph.Very close to a tenmouku.