... and a few more jugs for the holidays!

Definitely the most fun this year has been jug-making. Here are a few more for the end of the year:

Stacking to make vases ... is it bamboo or what?

Building tall vases by stacking two or more cylinders on top of each other is fun - and risky, as several attempts have cracked during firing. Here are some that survived:

And here is one in the making:

Coffee set

So here's another coffee set based on the matt black cylinders, with bright lime and cyclamen insides - and a sugar bowl inspired by the late great Braamfontein restaurant Narina Trogon:

"When I grow up - I want to be shiny"

Some recent ceramics and their earlier, earthier days:

After glazing - my favourite from the 2014 jug series

Same jug before firing

My biggest bowl in various stages:

The finished bowl

After bisc firing, before glazing

Unfired, during wax resist - washing away the chocolate slip between the waxed portions

Earlier efforts - a study that didn't quite make it all the way

Other people's pottery that I like

Here's a link to some lovely stuff: http://www.pinterest.com/ykceline/ceramic/ Thanks to Kim Sacks for the tipoff.

Long-lost products of hillside garden claying

... so two years later, I found three unfired mugs wrapped in plastic in my garage. Dry and extremely brittle of course! Amazingly two survived the trip to the kiln and firing:

Here's a link to their genesis

Abundant jugs - fresh out of the kiln - with some quirks...

Wow, I am grateful for the way these jugs came out....colours, quirks and all! As Kim always says "say a prayer to the kiln goddess!"

This one went to live with May in November