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Continuing down the path of pulling handles and uniformity led me to a second series of cups. I’d really taken a liking to black clay, and I feel that people steer away from black as a colour because it is quite stark. But I find black ceramic has a certain purity to it, and gives a different dimension to the food or bevrage you consume from it. Another plus was that this deep, dark bodied clay is simply wonderful to throw with. The clay has just enough grog to give it more structural integrity without sanding your hands down in the process. I did however find it more challenging to pull the handles.
I wanted to show a contrast to the blackness of the clay, and since I’ve been using porcelain slip recently I went ahead and brushed some strokes on the side. I wanted to create the impression of traslucentcy and fluidity, and I love how that shows through with the different thicknesses of the slip, I’m really happy with how these turned out.