Monday, June 21, 2010





More Vases.

...and a pair of wine glasses. Which, I've got to say are a pain to make, throwing on the thick base from which the foot is later trimmed is kind of tricky because the base needs to be narrow, trimming the foot is also difficult. Everything has to be as close to "perfect" as possible. This is a good challenge for me to work on getting better at, but right now I'm preoccupied with the vase shape and with doing this line art on it, I've forgotten the name for this off hand, both in English, and Japanese.


Vases

As you can see, from the picture on the bottom, the glaze was more runny than I anticipated. This resulted in the loss of 3 or 4 vases. I was so upset at the time, I gave up on vases, and started making coffee cups. But, I'm back to making vases again, and I think I'm improving.