A selection of pots glazed over the Christmas period: Top, left a bowl using the last of a lavender glaze from the college, darkened with cobalt carbonate on earthstone; centre, an earthen-ware plant pot under-glazed at top and bottom with chartreuse and glazed with semi-transparent Spring green; bottom left hand-built plant pot – a reserve in case the plant didn’t fit in the first (Lagoon base with Shipwreck over the top) and the surprise of this crop, a bright red glaze paired with Midnight rain. The surprise was that after using this glaze on top of a flat charcoal, when the result was an almost black midnight blue, I expected a similar colour here – a black and red design. What I got on the white earthstone was bright blue!