Sun Valley Rutile over Woo Blue
I examine them closely, just like my homegrown judges did. Save me from visual acuity!
They are all small, deliberately, as there is only so much clay and time that I can afford to throw away.
This is the only one I like.
All were thrown at the same time with the same clay. Fired in the kiln at the same time. Glazed in the same manner on the same day, yet each one of them is different from the other.
9 are useable the rest are “poo pots.”
One has a sharp shard from someone else’s explosion. One has two mysterious white spots from goodness knows where.
Three are on the pink side. Two are still pooish, brown and fatally dull. That leaves 4, only four and of that four, I only like one. How many bowls will I need to throw before I can make a set of four? It’s the kind of maths question that drove me quite dotty when I was small. Now I am big and I still have no answers.
On the other hand, some people’s names just slot together like magic. A marriage made in heaven, or rather Ireland but lets not be picky. Happy Anniversary Anne and Ned!
If you enjoy caption competitions and photographs, you may wish to nip along to“DJ Kirkby” over at “Chez Aspie” and test your brain power.
May 27th, 2009 at 4:19 am
For some reason when I saw the stack in the first photo I remembered all the craft fairs we have attended. A bit different from the sidewalk sale. Think about it. Perhaps you can engage your income-desiring child to work with you – like selling the little plants – ?
Salud!
May 27th, 2009 at 5:13 am
Very cool. Bummer about the ‘poo pots’.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:18 am
We’re always our own worst critics.
Maybe you can start a fad of pooing in hand thrown bowls?
May 27th, 2009 at 6:42 am
they are quite lovely!!! is it possible that there is a slight air bubble in the clay before firing? it would come to the surface in the heat and do that i think. what about putting fewer at a time in the kiln?? good luck…
smiles, bee
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May 27th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
That stack looks beautiful to me!
May 27th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
I didn’t realize this would be such a difficult job! They are pretty though! thanks for commenting on Monochrome Monday!
May 28th, 2009 at 9:23 am
I think your clay bowls are luscious & lovely! I write about art and autism, too. Found you via Michelle, http://www.scribbit.blogspot.com’s ebookfor blog. Cheers!
July 14th, 2009 at 12:00 am
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