Pots and Paintings

Last week I finished making some narrow necked ginger jars.
It’s a step nearer to throwing bottle forms and something I usually struggle with, but I was pleased with my efforts. Then on Friday my order of glazes arrived…

New brush decoration motifs

… so, much of this week has been taken up with mixing the new glazes then glazing the pots that came out of the last biscuit firing. It took much longer than I thought because I wanted to try out some new brushwork motifs using my favoured combination of rutile and iron oxide, and I was suffering from a cold so didn’t have my usual energy.  I need a lot more practice with my brushwork, and I need to buy some new chinese brushes as well as a new hake brush to replace the one that finally expired this afternoon! Now I can’t wait until next Thursday when I will be doing the first of another run of glaze firings.

At the end of the following slides I’ve posted some comparisons to show examples of glazing before and after being fired.

Before and After