Below is a slab built porcelain tumbler. The slab was stamped and black clay slip was inlayed into stamp impressions. Interior is covered in black clay slip. Before glazing, I used a water resist technique on the slip inlay, so that the dark clay was less porous and and glaze would be less opaque. The whole piece was glazed in Korean Blue Celadon. I like the shadowy impressions of faces... this is my favorite piece from class as it captures a sense of something nostalgic, or impermanent.
Below is a porcelain wheel thrown tea bowl. The raised texture is created with slip trailing (I used the slip from the wheel basin) and the impressed texture is stamped. The blue detailing is underglazed. I applied slightly thicker coat of Korean Blue Celadon, and I believe the piece was overfired, or in a hot spot in the kiln which caused the blue to run. The lower half of the piece is black clay slip.
The piece below I'm calling a cake cup. I completed it after class commenced using techniques I learned in class. I'm still struggling with finding my style and consistency. I don't have the skill or patience to create the fine English Porcelain like teacups that I dream of, and I don't have the lifelong gestalt needed to really capture the expertise of a Japanese yunomi. But my wish was somehow to have the two meet, and this was my funny, possibly "pretty" and interesting result. The whole piece is wheel thrown white porcelain, with black slip on bottom, slip trailing to create cake decor effect, and half the piece was glazed with Korean Blue Celadon (yes, my new fave glaze). The translucency in the edge of the glaze is a kiln miracle! One of my instructors, trained in Japan, says that the drip effect is very sought after -- symbolizing a moment frozen in time.
