Drawing x Ceramics 7 (Glazing, and the Final Pieces!)

This is my first lot of ceramics from the kiln. I’ve continued to paint and draw on these as planned. I decided to draw a long blue line across the bottom to accentuate the width, but mainly to represent a river, lake, or other water source adjacent to the mountain.

After I painted them in a light green and blue underglaze, I don’t think they match well against the terracotta colour, and probably would have been better with just a complementary colour glaze such as the one below. We’ll see how they turn out, but will make good experimentation regardless!

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This is the piece I definitely want in the exhibition. I really like the tactile quality from the first firing. I think it has character! I’ve drawn on colourful details with my underglaze crayons. I didn’t want to colour the entire piece in, instead selected areas, to suggest the idea of a hazy recalling.

Dream Recollection

‘Trying to remember and describe that landscape, but what did it look like?’. Your brain pieces the jigsaw together, but perhaps mistakes two different landscapes, and hence a new one is created of your own experiences. This is where the excitement lies for me, the fusion of actuality and experience, which builds a real landscape but with even more character.

This piece is being glazed with turquoise blue, similar to this pot, which I found online.

(https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/359795457722808520/)