#ceramic jar

Made an apple jar for a professor of mine that retired recently.

I had a ton of fun with the worm spoon >:^)

The clear glaze that I used didn’t turn out exactly how I wanted it to but alas :3

The smaller mushroom jar had a problem where the top of the cap randomly detached after it dried. I used a low temperature clear glaze to stick it back on and after the utility fire it was all good, however it did create this uneven texture that you can still see, even below the glazes. Ngl I like how it turned out in the end

Cracking open my jar. During high fire lids can sometimes bond to the rim of a jar, especially if your clay body is heavy silica, and you'll have to release it usually using something soft like a wood dowel/paddle. Soft because you're not trying to break your lid either.

A well inspired by a piece by claypigeonpottery from a good while back. I didn't do the horror aspects that one had, even though I was tempted too, but I just liked the idea of making a well.

The clay-body used here was cone 10 smooth sculpture, coil built and wheel carved down before being hand carved for the rest.

The outside of this well had an iron oxide wash, with the "wooden" parts having rutile painted over. The inside is Tenmoku Brown.

Barrel :)

The clay body was a chunk of leather-hard cone 10 smooth sculpture that I wheel carved down to shape.

The outside of the barrel has an iron oxide wash, with rutile painted on over; the metal rings are just straight iron oxide. The inside is Shaner Red with rutile and iron oxide contamination.