Ochre rich glazed bowl
The last firing for my study year had some interesting results. Stepping aside from my ongoing project concerned with the acknowledgment of the female forebears of my family and returning to the quest for working with found clay I had three bowls with three different results.
One was a return to the ochre rich glaze I have been struggling to control. This example has the beautiful soft matt surface and gentle moss like glow in right light that I am seeking. Replicating it is always the problem, and also stopping pieces from peeling away in firing. Or perhaps these characteristics are just a part of the story of the glaze?
Shino glazed bowl
The clay for the shino glazes was collected on my recent trip to Central Australia. The small samples provided enough material to create a little glaze and it is exciting to note the huge variation in the finishes. Apart from the extensive free radicals of iron spots (and other?) one bowl has a lovely soft glow of purple and grey in the right light and the other is a direct reference to the rich olive greens of the flora. They look like they have come from the earth.
Shino glazed bowl
It would be good to continue working with ceramics, but first there is the issue of a studio set up!
