four became three some time ago! 

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Here's is my latest batch! Made 5 but lost one just after applying the slip and pushing out from the inside, the wall at the base gave in! ohhhhhhhhhhhh well! so got four left now well think I've binned three and will take one through to firing!!!





      

Right next are these!
I've thrown 'em and then done a little bit of trimming (get rid of that weight!) them slipped them and made patterns on the surface then pushed from the inside to alter the surface and symmetry of the forms.

Right I'm back with another batch in this post, there are three larger pots/vessels with texture, I wasn't in the mood to throw lids so thought I'd thrown larger (5-6lbs) pots and see what they look like with the texture on them. I think they work and don't need a lid on them and could have a different rim/neck maybe a wider neck/rim too, and more of a bellied shape to the form.

This final batch (at the moment) is a basic cylinder form which utilizes a gallery fitting for the lid, not a design I normally make but thought  I would for a change and to explore.

Three out of these four have been put back on the wheel while still wet (by adding the joining slip to the surface softens the walls, then using my fingers I have pushed out from the inside to alter the shape further. This has lead to a new loose asymmetrical form, which I think will be the next stage of further development.  

            

            


            

The fourth batch is split between five rounded and five straight forms. Most have now got pulled strap handle on them to alter and have a different design to them. Three still have a thrown knob to them again a simple basic design with doesn’t distract from the very heavy textured design on the form.  

                

This next batch (3^rd ) is of ten pieces, five are lidded jars again, four of them are a rounded form with one being straight sided. The other five pieces are exploring texture on the surface, of three of them and the last two are thrown then trimmed and using a rubber kidney to distort and manipulate the shape to further enhance and create another form, changing it from it first original shape. 

                  

So it’s been a while, about a month now and I’ve been playing with more clay!

Here is the second batch I’ve created taken from the first batch and further developed, mostly using a rounded form refined with a bit of turning and then added thickened joining slip (clay and water) applied to the surface, then using my finger to drag through the surface of the slip.  

another play with clay was the following vessels with added texture to the outside, kinda adding and developing to my textured bowls/plates. you might remember back a couple of months I was making vessels well continued on with that and kept some and completed with glazes (pic of two on shelf) although they look better in real life, definitely not a photographer!

these following images are of vessels with textures added to the outside, hoping to develop these further in the next couple of weeks and get some fired with different glazes on them! 

keep a look out for 'em! 

 

Hey been a while since I posted but have been having a play with clay these are kinda a homage to Duncan Ayscough (http://www.ayscoughceramics.co.uk/) who was the first every person to teach me to throw (on the wheel). He taught me at CCTA Jobswell (now Coleg Sir a Gar) and later when I did my full degree at Howard Gardens (UWIC) in Cardiff.

Such an amazing throwner/maker with an amazing ability to teach and make you consider and develop.
For everything you helped me achieve then and now, thanks again!