2008 fall/winter pottery collection: Part 2

Besides my yunomis, I also made some mugs and vases. (Some of my mugs unwittingly became vases when the handles fell off.)

This is my homework: The pot that I made for the leaf project. I finally decided to glaze it in Pine Green.

I am so relieved that Pine Green did not turn out streaky like it sometimes likes to do. Hence I had pretty even tones all over the pot. The leaf carving turned out great. I couldn't ask for more. This is officially my favourite work, to date.

The twin mugs that I made:

Glazed in Nutmeg, then Marigold on certain parts only. The Marigold portion turned out okay, but Nutmeg was super-streaky. I didn't expect that to happen, and I still don't know what went wrong. My previous Nutmeg bowl had no such problems. Nevertheless, the mugs still look nice from certain angles. :)

Next is a little mug in Periwinkle:

I didn't want the mug to look too boring with just a layer of glaze, so I tried to give it some colour graduation -- I dipped the mug in the glaze three times, each time to a shallower depth, such that the lowest third of the mug gets three layers of glaze, the middle section gets two, and the top has only one layer. The result is a slightly deeper lilac for the bottom half. I guess there is not much diff in glazing it twice or thrice.

Next is my round-belly mug:

Glazed in Nutmeg, and then Pine Green for the bottom. Again, Nutmeg is streaky and uneven, but other than that, I like this glaze combination. I shall make some pots with this glaze combination in mind. :)

Lastly is my vase with the lucky-cloud carving:

Unfortunately, the lucky-cloud is not very lucky. Kena blocked out by the glaze... (Wah... all my time spent carving gone down the drain)

Okay, enough whining. It is my own fault anyway. What was I thinking glazing it in not two, but three layers of glaze?! (I used two layers of Auburn + one layer of Moody Blue. Coz when I glazed the first layer of Auburn, it looked soooo thin I thought I could still see the pot. Sigh...

These are all my compelted pots for this semester. I still have some unglazed ones, but those will have to wait till 2009!