Woohoo!

So I'm usually not this on top of the ball when it comes to blogging after class each week (I've been home from class all of an hour). But I am totally STOKED about the piece that I threw today. Check it out:

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Those YouTube videos really helped! I threw this using my recycled Death Valley. Can you believe it? I can hardly believe it myself. Seriously! It is days like this that make me remember why I want to be a potter...

In other good news, the kiln was loaded for a bisque fire that is going to be lit tonight. That means I'll be doing a lot of glazing next week. I have...seven pieces in this bisque, including the pie dish and the spiral platter. I've been thinking a lot about glazes for the platter, what with the spirals and everything. I'm going to have to run it by Cynthia, of course, but I think I want to put tenmoku (black) in the spirals and then glaze the entire thing clear so the white porcelain shows. Black and white...we'll see how that goes!