Lady

 

Morning!

CUPPA-JOE

How many of you are like me--in that you buy more coffee than you actually drink?

That is, I will buy this cup and that cup (in my personal travel mug, of course) that I never quite finish.
Sometimes I've barely sipped from the cup I need to dump out for the next cup.

Still, if I didn't have that new cup of joe in hand, I'd be less relaxed, less happy, less able to focus on the next thing.

Walking in York

Summer ambling.

Clay Vessels

Or, I need to find a summer studio, you know?

The New Tea Mug

That's the same bowl I posted in yesterday's entry here, but with the light from a different angle, suddenly there's a shiny band about the upper section.  I had some luck making this piece, both in the throwing and the glazing, especially as I was using up some rather dried up clay that I should have wrapped better.

I could point out the three flaws -- or more? -- in this small piece, but I like it more than enough to keep it for my own tea-drinking.  The piece is short (only 3" high, 3 1/2" wide), but the shape is quite right for holding and sipping.  (The slightly flared top; the slightly bulging belly; the smooth and rounded lip, neither too thick nor too thin.)

Also, with the flaws, I have an excuse not to give it away to anyone I like, right?

Tea Bowl: studio-mix clay (stoneware + Navajo wheel);
transparent brown, floating blue, and clear glazing, layered and dripped.