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Join Date: May-2005
Location: Puyallup WA
Country: USA
Posts: 182
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pottery surface treatment
I am coming up on my first year as an amatuer potter. The first 6 months I atempted to replicate pots exactly like the ones that I saw on the shelfs of my local bonsai nursery or pictures on the net. I spent most of last summer working on a recipe for an engobe to finish the surface. I encountered many failures, and have spent the last few months working on a new idea.
I now understand that there is no good reason to make a handmade pot that looks like a molded pot (at least for me). A handmade pot should look like it is made by hand. I now make pots with a rough surface texture and simple oxide wash for color.
Here is a finished pot fired this weekend. Do you think I am headed in the right direction?
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