The day only got better

Like the bowl a lot.

Me too. Unfortunately I know how to make it. And I didn't...oh well. There was lots of ugly stuff too.

How,... looks like the inside is kinda cracked/dried.

Yeah. I like cracked and dried. Anyone can do smooth and shiny. I am big on mistakes.

Is it a seed?

No. It's just the way you choose to finish the pot. It's all chemistry. Some glazes will pull apart to make it look like dried up dirt, and some glazes will be even and shiny. It depends what you want. Until lately, everyone wanted shiny and neat. No dirt, no seeds.

I like raku too. But this bowl is not raku. this bowl is inteniionally fired in a kiln so it looks like this. Raku is fun because you get to play so close to real fire. You grab the pot as it is glowing, and put it into something that burns--like straw, sawdust, newspaper, to get the glaze to 'reduce' ie change colours..and it is all immediate and fun. where is hermione when I need her?

There are a lot of fine potters there. So, what do I know about orthographic lifting, or getting a wild horse in focus? : )

mandy, you and I both need courses in photography. forget ceramics. I never suggest it to anyone I like..

Niiice pics! The bowl is very nice, but I really like the top shot. And tea...well that's lifeblood, that is! :D

I like the top shot too, Caine. Little bit of wild in the big city always is a good thing.

the pot is gorgeous, the garden beautiful and I *love* that you had to buy tea..

I must say I like cracked and dried (it's what I say to myself every time I look in the mirror) ... Iove the top shot..... and course you had to buy tea!

forget ceramics????!

F, knowing what you do, all the heavy equipment and hands in cold water, do you suggest people take it up? A hard disease, far as I am concerned. What about something light, warm and easy to take around?

Johanni came to town. Gardiner museum just reopened and we did it. I like this pot. Not unlike some of your things.

Say hello to Johanni if she's still around. I was just thinking of her, driving past Dunvegan on the way back and forth to Ottawa.
I'd definitely recommend clay...it's commonsensical and inexpensive, and I LIKE the physicality of it. But Mandy, my advice is not to wait for a Raku course. The process is fun, but in all honesty, I've gotten tired of the effect. That's a politically incorrect opinion in the clay world, but there you go.
Nice bowl. Steve Heinemann? Doesn't look big enough to be his...

f, Steve Heinemann, and it is big, about two and a half ft across, maybe three. Joh is gone back to hudson.

erm ... something for you on my blog ... very silly ..... I blame Puff and too much time on my hands .....

I tried and was useless - at ceramics that is - so many times in the process that things can go wrong! Maybe I'd be better now! Will blog my one result sometime - right now too busy catching up on 10 days of missed moblog and got a few pics to post too!