Spirals

So now I'm re-potting.  That means returning to making pottery.  And it also means I'm returning to using muscles which had a couple of weeks away from work.

So my journey goes back to a beginning again, the spiral of my path going onward.  Who knows where and when it will end.  I can just step along and do whatever I'm able and interested in doing today.

And going outward or inward, just flowing along like the breeze, like water seeking the lowest point around it, like fire burning anything that is provided to burn, and like the earth or clay which I can maybe turn into something beautiful.

I wish so.

Today's quote:

Remember that anger and every other emotion are never good or bad. They can, however, become toxic of you don’t express them in healthy and proactive ways. 

Madisyn Taylor “Daily Om”

 

White clay mugs

I love these mugs...the tri color glaze, the size and shape, and how they hold so much liquid, from the smallest of them to the largest.  There are 5 so far, but another 4 in the kiln being bisqued.  (I know, if you're a production potter, I sound like, I don't know, a "hobbiest")  But this is a batch for me to make at one time.

The final 2 of the first set don't have the spiral design, but are just the three colors.  I think I'll do the spirals on the final 4.  It's kind of a nice touch.

Tri-color pitcher

I'm pretty happy with this medium sized pitcher.

The little thumb knob on the handle has a Celtic Cross pressed into it, which doesn't show well in any pictures.

Pencil is added to give you an idea of the scale.  Sorry these images have so much reflection on them.  Shiney glazes are so hard to photograph!!!  Clay is Speckled Brownstone.

The glazes are Floating Blue inside and halfway down the outside.  At that point I used wax resist to paint the spiral over the blue.  Then the outside was dipped up to 2/3 level in Raspberry, which gives that electric mottled color in the middle third.  Isn't it fun?  I've got more coming in this combo.