This pot, together with its twin, took me from November to mid June to finish. I did a few other things in between, but I worked hard and thought hard, took some chances and not all of them resulted very well: I like the learning that comes from mistakes, like the chance to test and accept the risks. It is disappointing that I, impulsively, fired it without checking that all glaze had been wiped off the bottom. Even I should know better than to do that! The result is that a good part of the bottom of the pot stayed stuck to the shelf, which ruined the pot and the shelf.
It is ok to know why things went wrong but, surprisingly, it is the loss of colour that bugs me most, because I can't imagine what happened there - 4% red iron oxide slip should produce at least a minimal blush or jaundice and there is no sign of that except for the very faint smudges here and there. So I went from finding the pot too garish to finding it pale and stale. Oh yes, and make that lovely glaze a bit thicker next time! Start again
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