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What began as another disaster has turned out pretty well in my estimation – almost a triumph! Top left is the aftermath of a pottery disaster when, having joined two hand-built hemispheres and fashioned the top half into a pleasing globular bottle shape, it began to change shape, almost imperceptibly, in front of my eyes as the top part slowly sank into the bottom half. Too much water, clay too thin and too much weight – it was irretrievable. So the top half was ripped off and can be seen in the background while the bottom half was attacked with a surform and sandpaper to smooth out the major glitches, fired to biscuit and then glazed (top middle and right). I used Midnight Rain on the outer rim and probably should have put more on to get it to flow.

I have a similar issue with the little blue pot (bottom right) which has Shipwreck around the rim and while the pot turned out as per the design spec., the rim should probably have had more glaze to make it a little more dramatic – next time.

The black, and supposedly purple, pot was disappointing. One, because the purple is quite pink and under-glazed and two, because I let they purple glaze run onto the outside and glazed over the top of it. In places the purple/pink has broken through the flat black but in any case it has turned the matt black into an unintended, gloss finish. This one may be a candidate for a re-glaze.