Pottery – Three Glazed Mugs!

I nearly missed pottery today, labouring under the misapprehension that it was Tuesday today and not Wednesday. I said to Jamie that I really need a dementia clock on the wall, saying the day in big obvious letters. I did make it, however!

And I was so glad I did! WITNESS the three most beautiful single items you will ever lay your eyes upon!

From the second I threw that gorgeous little milk jug, I knew he was going to be my favourite. Everyone was obsessed with it, and so am I. And we held a tea party once I got home – and it pours, too! The fear was that milk would just pour over and down the side, but it works like a charm!

I stared at these babies for a good minute, then got right down to throwing. Unfortunately, a lot of my work was still waiting to go in kilns, so I occupied myself with new creations. I really have the technique of centering small amounts of clay down, and I’m getting my head around pulling with practice. My cylinders are coming out better and better. Below are the five I threw today.

They don’t look like much now, but that’s because they need trimming and handles! Trimming and a good handle completely transforms my pots. I seem to remember that my blue pot (now glazed, see above) was particularly ugly at this stage, and trimming and the round handle made it rather great.

Finally, I sat down with the slip bottles and decorated my red mug. This mug is small, so I think it would work well with espressos. Think … a shot of coffee the morning after gambling the night away.

“Place your Bets” was immensely and ridiculously hard to do, and I’m proud it’s legible. The slip bottles are nearly as wide as the rim of this little fella, and I had to peer in with one eye in the dark and just pray that a) slip was coming out at all, and b) it was making words.

Next week, I’ll see if I can get all these boys in for bisque firing. I find that going straight in with the glaze is quite lovely and effective, and if I can send them all to bisque, I should be able to come into the studio for an hour and get everything finished off on the Open Studio time.