I threw this piece while in Cape Town, at the Kommetjie pottery, Zizamele. I was intrigued by the potters’ excellent use of underglazes, and thought I would give it a try too. Then brought it home, not yet glazed (below). I was still in the watercolour mood, following the two University of Cape Town summer school art classes.

Perhaps I should have left it at that. However, once home again, I coted it in a glossy transparent glaze, as I felt it to be rather bare. But that made the colours too stark. As a last resort, I coated it all over with a light yellow slip, and fired it again to cone 6.

Stoneware, underglazes, glaze, and slip. Fired in oxidation, to cone 6.

12 cm x 12 cm