Ceramics

Another night of practicing throwing, something that I'm slowly getting the hang of! I recently bought a sample pack of black clay, which is strangely deep red in colour before firing, and threw a larger version of a little porcelain bottle I made a few weeks back. It's got a tonne of grog in it and so became somewhat painful to work with. Here's the result.

I'm keeping the lip ragged as the original one followed along the same lines. I am thinking however, of taking away some of the clay around the opening as it's looking a little top heavy.

The same night I turned an urn thrown the previous week. You can also see my new initials stamped into the side at the bottom. This was done by using letterpress type from an old Adana press. I'm thinking of using the same method to sign my prints.

And finally, the starting point for a new house number plate for my parents-in-law to adorn their new porch. It's way too dished at the moment so I'll flatten it slightly and then cut the numbers out of the clay. More photos to come.