Today was a major catch up day. With tons of pots under plastic all weekend I had a super day as I cut feet, decorated, attached handles, and slipped pots. I came away feeling very happy with the time in the studio this first Monday of 2016.
I textured a dozen cups today. You can see from the image below that I use a tool I made from cord. I have several of these in different sizes and patterns. I try to catch the pot when it is just right to receive the texture. Sort of medium leather hard is about right. These particular cups had some very nice throwing marks and I wanted to preserve those. To do that I rolled the cord up to the lines and then skipped over to the next low spot. This is better to me than just rolling over the whole surface and destroying those beautiful marks that were made in the throwing.
You can see what I am talking about a bit better in the next image I think. Also I've added stamped decoration in the smooth panels.
After I finished the roping and stamping each cup they all got handled and then slipped.
It was a beautiful and brisk day. I enjoyed stepping outside as the day passed to enjoy the blue sky, green field, and clouds that were passing overhead.
