After numerous failures and disappointments while making large oval bonsai pots, I decided to give it another go........ opening the kiln this afternoon I was a little apprehensive.
Turned out beautifully! I added a little bit of soft clay around the join, a slightly different colour but you don't see that when its planted up.
The glaze has a grainy almost wood fired look to it.....very pleased with it. Being 48cm long it'll be a very handy pot to have. I have a group of alders that would look great in it.
This pot however, got the "holy moly" reaction. Being one to always try something new, I decided to dab a little dark glaze on with a sponge. Thinking it would melt and blend in with the brown glaze, I was disappointed when it didn't move/melt or anything. Looks like a pot that has gone mouldy. This has been put aside to try reglazing! It's not growing on me at all.
These turned out well....love this glaze, it's darker in the grooves of the textured pots.
It has a nice antique look to it.
Just a wee note about my pots freezing. I got an email from Simon Leach a very well respected potter who had the same thing happen to some of his freshly made jugs. He noticed ice crystals in them, he just reworked them and smoothed them down again, and they all turned out perfectly. So that's something to keep in mind if it ever happens again.
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