Well after all the excitement of loading the kiln, watching the temperature rise and the programme move from section to section and then cool overnight, it was wait and see whether all the pieces had survived. All looking good so a lot of glazing to be done.

But before that there was clay to be worked. The roughed out design brief below was the concept but the shape didn’t materialise and I got no further than a bowl base. So not to be disheartened I made a separate top section to be sat on top of the base. Despite best efforts the fit of the two sections wasn’t great but some reshaping with the surform allowed an approximation to the design brief although missing some of the bulbous section I’d been aiming for – next time!

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