Cauldrons or big bowls

There it is on the header this week...

A potter friend said the exterior looked like wood, and the interior like water.  So that' it's name, wood and water!

The interior is white satin mixed with Bermuda Green mason stain, and the exterior is amber glaze.

The legs are pretty sturdy but the glaze cracked on the inner edges of each leg, so this will reduce the price, after I add some nice firm glue to make sure the legs stay on.

And here is cauldron number one...finally located photos of it!  All the colors are done with Mayco Stroke & Coat glazes.

Today's quote:

The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination.

JOHN SCHAAR

So what's a cauldron really for?

I've had one for years, a yellow one with rainbow glazes on the exterior.  Don't know why, but I like having it around.  Never tried to stir up any special brews, no eyes of newts etc!

So I made a new one this month.

 The interior is satin white glaze (about a gallon) mixed with 2 oz. of Mason stain Bermuda Green, which looks a lot like Robin's Egg Blue.

 Exterior is primarily Matt Bronze Green (our studio glaze) with the Bermuda Green brushed on the top half over the Matt green.
10-1/2 inches tall, 9 inches across.

Jagged edge means not something to drink a gallon of anything out of...and it's really too small for a punch bowl.  (Maybe I'll make a bigger one soon, not that I need it, but I do have a punch ladle!)

I will probably put some pretty oranges in it...or apples.  Of course if I am invited to do a fire ritual, here's a caldron which can have a fire inside it without damage (well, incense anyway).

And I want to send you to another blogger's post about pricing, as published in Pottery Making Illustrated last year. Mea Rhee (mee-uh ree), is ​the potter behind Good Elephant Pottery.

Today's quote:

When external factors shift we have an opportunity to rediscover our core which is the only truly safe place to call home.