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I was so flatterd by Jarryd telling me he wanted one of my pots in his collection I thought I better make him one that was more refined and take closer scrutiny.
Hope you like Jarryd
It should get into the next bisque firing but still about 2 months before it is finished.

Very cool
you are a lucky boy Jarryd

oh wow i could hardly beleive my eyes when i was reading this.

haha thank you so much brett the pot looks very beautiful i will need a very nice tree to fill such a nice pot.

i cant wait to see it finished

i hope you put a nice little chop mark on it

Glad you like it Jarryd. I should have put something in the pic for size comparison because it is only accent size same as the last one you liked. Would need to be a small tree I think KC thought it was bigger too. I will take a measurement later.
I am always in trouble at the pottery club for not marking my work and I forgot on this one as well. I have been meaning to organise some sought of stamp I will give it some thought tonight over a beer or two.

Nice one Bretts!! or is it two?

Any idea what the final color will be?

Looking forward to seeing the completed commission!!

Just one kitoi, After the last post I thought I should let Jarryd choose between the glazes of too crack pots that he liked in this post.
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One is oat something over oxide wash and I forget what the other is But I am sure I will work it out we don't have that many glazes. I need to be better with my record keeping though

haha im so excited ummmm oh now i have to choose hahaha ..... they are both so nice

lol i have been switching back and forth. i think i like the iron oxide with the glazed lip

Ah the beauty of online chat. I wasn't giving you a chioce other than glazed lip over oxide wash. I was giving you a chioce of wich colour glaze over the oxide wash. The oat wich is the last one or the unamed one that is a creamy grey

oh hahaha my bad

um i think i like the glazing on pot number 3 it is a little more subtle and blends together really nicely with the oxide. i think maybee it was aplied a little thinner then the other two? i love how it sort of melts into the next colour

i dont know if its possible to recreate?

regardless brett your pots are very beautiful and i feel extremely lucky you have decided to make me one

thanks heeps mate.

No worries Jarryd. I am getting alot out of it too it pushed me to try a few different things. I was getting great results doing the crack method on the wheel and thought It would be a way to improve on the uniformity of the small previous ones you liked. I found the small pot was harder than the big pot on the wheel and eventually gave up and went back to the slab building method. I found my technique is improving and it was a much less cumbersome procedure this time. It gives a different texture and I realised I should keep working with the slab built ones too.
3 and 4 are the same pot and I think I like that colour better too.

Keoti I was trying the paper clay again last night. Dam that stuff is weird. I woke up with a saw shoulder from trying to knead the stuff. I have had to re-hydrate the stuff. It sat in a bucket of water for weeks and I am always adding water it now it is back in a bag but I wonder if it still needs more. It feels like kneading tough toffee. What do you think?