From the Show... Part 3: Carved Squiggle Bowl

Carved Squiggle Blue and Brown Mixing Bowl
Red/white clay with black slip on outer; 9" diameter and 6" high; hobbit hazel glaze

This was a simple bowl that wasnt QUITE symmetrical. I tried to hide that by making some crazy designs :)

After I trimmed the piece I coated the outside in some black slip (watered down clay with black colorants in it) and then let that get leather hard. Then I took a small loop tool and carved out designs, so that the lighter clay would show underneath. I glazed the whole thing in Hobbit Hazel,a glaze which reacts differently to different textures and colors (yes, it reacts with the color of the clay.) Suprisingly, it came out a bright electric blue where it was on top of the black clay, and then a light white where it pooled in the carvings. I thought this was a neat effect I'll try again on a piece that isnt sloppy and lopsided.