Golden Marbled Vase
White and red clay; golden-green glaze;
5.5" diameter and 7.5" tall

This was the other piece I made after seeing the youtube video of someone throwing a marbled vase. (see two posts down.) My new goal is to take a video of myself throwing clay and become an internet video star. Though maybe that's not so exciting... maybe I'll just be an internet star among bohemian nerd-hippies

This piece is much taller than the small marbled tea cup I made, which means it took a lot more time to throw it. The extra time is used to bring the walls of the vessel up, to thin them out, and to shape them. That means that the two clays get marbled together a lot more. The marbling is very thin-grained and subtle on this - with the golden glaze it almost looks like an amber wood. Or a really dirty vase. One or the other

You can also see how different the same glaze will look on different clays. I made a similar piece back in August, also a vase and with the same glaze, however the one in August was just white clay. You can tell it is the same glaze, but the marbled one shows a lot more texture underneath. Texture rocks my world.