Day 17

Carved cactus pot

I carved the surface in a leather hard stage.

I got smarter from the other day when 

I carved it when it dried completely.

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I will probably do a mishima* here.

Basically, it's the inlay technique.

You can find more about mishima here.

*Mishima is a technique of inlaying slip, underglaze,

 or even clay into a contrasting clay body, the main clay body of the pottery piece. Creating a mishima piece basically involves six steps: creating the pot, incising the design, filling the design, removing excess material, drying the piece, and firing. "

UPDATE: Fired pot

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As you can see, I gave up from mishima.

 I like it this way :)