Thrown using a white stoneware, trimmed while still quite wet; I find the body has to be quite damp for me to be able to distort it by forcing the sides inwards and  upwards. My combination of Brussels and Ottawa glazes are finally doing what I want. Here I first dipped the piece into the base glaze; then, using a cup, poured a good splodge of a white down the middle (which then turns into a yellowy gold); finally, I used a slip trailer to squirt thick trails of Bailey’s Orange-Red towards the edges of the bowl. Over the first iron-heavy glaze, the orange red really does flash red, over the second white glaze, it gives a darker, more silvery hue.

Di: 25 and 26 cm, ht: 7 cm. Fired to Cone 6, in oxidation.