I love it
when I open the kiln, work my way to the bottom of the kiln looking anxiously
for a special item thrown as a gift. You hope it turns out as you could see it
in your head. There are so many points along the way of a pot’s journey into
being, so many spots where you can lose the piece. Not timing the drying
process, not compressing the bottom while throwing, not allowing it to
stabilize after having thrown the foot on in a separate throwing session.
Then you
have the bisque firing to make it through with no cracks. The next firing is
the glaze firing and you hope you have brushed on the glaze evenly. You hope
for everything correct…you can do everything you think correct and you can’t
always guarantee it will look exactly as you imagined.
It’s a
pleasure when you see exactly what you want. Now to keep my fingers crossed it
makes it safely to a 2nd cousin as a gift for her.
