Three brown bowls

Back to the simple basics with these three brown bowls. The glaze is called "Freckles" and the dark spots come from some manganese crystals added at the last minute without much intention to fully dissolve them in.

Glad these will join another matching bowl in Enny Ndlovu's collection.

Repurposing gives new life to old ceramics!

Thanks to my son Temba for this piece of inspiration...

... 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.