Joseph Fireborn

Woke up at 3AM, have had this cup in my head since then. Finally sketched it just to get it out of my thoughts.

Top part is unglazed with my black crackle slip, sprayed with wood ash mixture lightly to sheen versus too rough of dry feeling to the lips, but still will be tactile so that you know what you are drinking from.
Inside glaze is a high iron glaze like an oilspot, but slightly oversaturated and crystallized as it cools, sheen but satin not to take or distract the eyes from the eruption of the cylinder.
Bottom half of the cup is a cracking pinholing glaze, sort of like my surface experiments but safe in the hands, tactile but not sharp coning into the surface of the black cylinder.
raw  clay foot allowing the pinholes and cracks in the white glaze to match so that it isn't flawless design but purpose.

Woke up at 3AM, have had this cup in my head since then. Finally sketched it just to get it out of my thoughts.

Top part is unglazed with my black crackle slip, sprayed with wood ash mixture lightly to sheen versus too rough of dry feeling to the lips, but still will be tactile so that you know what you are drinking from.
Inside glaze is a high iron glaze like an oilspot, but slightly oversaturated and crystallized as it cools, sheen but satin not to take or distract the eyes from the eruption of the cylinder.
Bottom half of the cup is a cracking pinholing glaze, sort of like my surface experiments but safe in the hands, tactile but not sharp coning into the surface of the black cylinder.
raw  clay foot allowing the pinholes and cracks in the white glaze to match so that it isn't flawless design but purpose.

DURING THIS LOCKDOWN QUARENTINE, USING MATERIALS I HAVE AROUND TO WORK WITH, KEEPING UP THE GOOD SPIRITS AND POSITIVE THINKING.
I KNOW WHEN MON PETIT CHAT WAKES UP,ALL THIS BAD DREAM WILL BE PAST GONE.
H  5cm  x  L  11cm  x  W  10cm
 

A busy mom trying to please them all !!

THIS CLAY STILL HAS TO BE BISCUIT FIRED,BUT I INTEND TO MAKE A MOULD AND IN A NEAR FUTURE CAST A BRONZE VERSION. I LOVE JAPANESE MONKEYS,HOW THEY ADDAPT TO A HARSH WINTER,SPENDING HOURS IN NATURAL HOT WATER  POOLS! IT MEASURES:  L  28CM x  H 16CM  x   W  13CM