Today I've been decorating.
And throwing 8lb jugs. These too will have applied decoration tomorrow.
I also pressed some more dishes
Then decorated one of yesterday's in a traditional manner.
I based it on this old North Devon baking dish that was made in Fremington in the nineteenth century. The slip-smeared melamine board is my 'sketchbook'. I use it to work out my design, before hitting the wet pot. It helps me to loosen up too.
The rest of the day I decorated pots made earlier in the week - just simple combing. These will look much more interesting when they're fired - a lot more definition in the slip.
Jess is coming tomorrow. I think she might be rather surprised just how much the workshop's filled up since last week. I think she won't be at all surprised to see the chaos. I'm running out of room.
Well that's it, I'm off to bed, knackered. Goodnight all.
3 comments:
lovely stuff doug, what appeals to me about your deco jug work is the freshness of it, nothing is over worked, judt yum...
Aw bless you Ang - that's what I try to do - use only as many marks as are necessary, then let the materials do the rest - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't - it drives me mad when I put one too many marks on a pot, then it's all too late, you can't do a thing about it and the pot's ruined in a split second. xx
Wow Doug all really nice. You're the man!
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