The Best Pottery I've Ever Made?

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It’s not often that a piece comes out from the kiln that I can immediately identify as being one of those ‘special’ pieces. This is one of them, a seamed vase coated in a uniform layer of pale-green feldspathic crackle glaze. Its uniform save for a blush of oxidation on its back, resulting in a patch of darker glaze, it’s almost been singed, but in reality it’s the colour created just before the stark yellowing that can occur when some oxygen creeps in. Secondly, as this always comes up when I post videos like this, here’s why I glaze the inside first. This particular glaze dries into a soft and powdery layer. If I were to coat the inside first and then dip the pot like I do to coat the inside, the pressure needed to force the vessel underneath and then lift it out carefully, could very well be enough to damage the flaky glaze that covers the inside. Instead, I coat the outside first, then the following day, after the vessel has dried out, I pour 2-3 jugs worth of glaze inside, swirl it around and then tip it out. I find it easier to handle the exterior glazed surface gently, without damaging it, whereas handling the interior when so much force is needed, is much harder in my opinion. If your glaze contains more clay and isn’t damaged so easily by all means do it the other way around, but ultimately with this craft it’s a matter of figuring out the best way of doing it for yourself. What do you think of this vase? I always tell myself I need to create more pieces with the simple line adornment and this might be the vessel that convinces me. #satisfying #pottery #glaze #ceramics #handmade #artwork #vase