New Class Pieces

Here are a couple of new pieces that I did at Bakerhunt. The faceted pitcher is something that I saw demonstrated on YouTube and took it to class to try. I didn't leave enough clay at the top to pull tall enough to cut the spout out and what was there I couldn't pull up enough to form a decent spout - I keep telling you, I'm still new at this and I've got a lot to learn. I saw a neat piece at class that had Bronze Green glaze with Licorice over it and I was trying to go for the same look. But the Licorice was gone so I used a Black glaze over this piece. It turned out really neat, but the way that it ran, where it did run, is drippy. I am a little disappointed, but it still looks nice.

As a comparison to the piece above, this is a tea pot and cups that I did in the Bronze Green last year. One of my faves.

Below is a pitcher that I threw. I rolled the handle with a paddle that had groves cut in it. The glaze on this piece is call Rhode Island Brick Red (glazed first, all over) and then Bone glaze over it. I did this combo on an earlier piece and it turned out completely different, but both of these glazes were new batches and I believe they had different fluxes. I'm still learning about that too! It's just not that neat of a combination as it was the first time around.