Day 80

                                                                    

 Luminary

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Brown clay

Pinched

Unglazed

Fired

Day 79

                                                                        Luminary 

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White clay

Brown engobe

Fired

Day 67

 Luminary

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Pink clay 25 % chamotte

Brown clay 25 % chamotte

unfired

Day 60

Spacey cupola shaped luminary

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White clay, 25 % chamotte

Salmon color clay, 25 % chamotte

Unfired

Day 59

Pierced luminary

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White clay and salmon color clay.

UPDATE: fired

Day 56

Brown pierced luminary

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Brown clay

Unfired

Day 55

Luminary

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White clay

Unfired

Update: fired (brown engobe)

Day 52

Luminary

This pinched luminary is an attempt of developing

the idea that I was working on last year .

 I imagined some oval shaped luminary that consists of two parts and looks like

a little sculpture. The idea came spontaneously while I was working

on something completely different and not really interesting so  

in that moment that was really creative inspiration for me.

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Unfired

The idea itself was good but in the end it failed in a practical sense. 

There wasn't enough oxygen for candle to burn. 

The crucial thing I didn't think of.

And I made three of these "idea luminary" before I realized that. :)

They look nice but that's all.

This one is different ,

 I pierced  it a lot and made it bigger and rounded. 

UPDATE: fired (black oxide)

Day 48

Majolica hanging luminary

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Day 47

Hanging luminary

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Brown clay
Unfired

Day 30

Luminary

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Mixed two types of clay, pink and a little bit of white.

UPDATE: Fired 

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Day 26

Hanging candle holder

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This turned out a little funny. 

It has a big hole for the candle from the backside 

and on the top you can see a hole for attaching a twine or something else

so it can hang.

Day 24

Pierced candle holder

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Majolica clay
Unfired

UPDATE: Fired

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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 :)

Day 15

Carved pot

I mixed together brown and pink clay and started with some simple shape.

I liked it that way so I left it to dry.

When it almost completely dried

 I decided to do some carving. 

Lucky me. 

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It turned out just fine but I could save some time and effort 

by doing it in a leather hard stage.

It would be soooo much easier. 

UPDATE: Fired pot

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Day 13

Hanging luminary

This will be a pinch pot luminary.

I've gone too far with decorating surface on this one. Again.
I punched two big holes from the side so it can hang also.
I'm not much satisfied with this one.
Too much of everything.

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UPDATE: Fired luminary

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Day 10

Cactus pot

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I used white clay and green engobe on this one.

UPDATED: Fired pot

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Day 7

Hanging plant pot or candle holder?

Basic shape from the white clay.

I created simple surface texture and I highlighted it with engobes.

This will be a hanging pinch pot 

therefore I punched holes from the side.

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 It can be a pot for some lovely cactus 

or maybe a holder for a candle.

UPDATE: After the firing

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Day 1

Majolica luminary

This is the first pinch pot I made for a project. 
I am obsessed with candles so this will be a little candle holder. It's still unfired.
I was working with majolica and experimenting a little with texture. 

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I partially put some yellow engobe on

 textured surface and waited till it was leather hard so I can make holes for the light. 

I will leave it unglazed.
 At some point I will put the photos of finished, fired piece. 
The images are not very good, sorry about that.
 It will get better with time :) 

UPDATE : Fresh from the kiln

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