Thought I’d share how cool the clay looks as it’s drying. I always love how this looks and every single time I wish they could stay that way. But they can’t, and it’s this whole other hard process of figuring out which glaze to use, how many coats to apply, and how (or if) the glaze will run on to the kiln shelf rendering the bowl junk. Every single step in pottery is involved. Every single step is almost its own hobby. The cool thing is, going though all the steps, with a bit of time in between each step results in some pretty cool stuff. We’ll see what the next step brings.
Process Notes
These were really fun to make. My impatience got the best of me, though. I used a torch to help dry the bowls so I can start trimming them. Trimming pottery is so much easier when pieces can dry naturally. I can't explain it. When you're forcing pieces to dry to a certain point, you aren't drying it evenly. Nothing went wrong with these, but it was more difficult and took more time.