Post 25 Chinese Elm Group

We are deep in the middle of winter here in Australia at the moment. In fact the max today was only 19C so it was a really cold day!!! Yes ok that's true - down 'south' it really does get cold. Hard to believe then that the deciduous trees we grow here really think they need to drop their leaves. Mind you I do have a few that sometimes go right through to spring without doing so and so need a little 'help'.
I put this one up earlier in the season and wanted to show it again bare. As you see I've dressed it up with some moss to make a pretty picture.
Apart for the tree let's look at the pot.

 

Now firstly it's not one of mine, that is I didn't make it. I can't remember when I bought it even, but it was a long time ago and it wasn't expensive. The pot doesn't demand attention and has a subtle off white colour with a pleasing diffusion in that colour. Around the rim there is a depth of colour reminicient of patination. When you get close you can see that the glaze is a 'crackle' glaze - formulated especially to crack - and there are a number of mineral inclusions which have bled as the glaze fused. The whole effect is a clever contrivance to give the impression of age. Even a little glaze carryover onto the feet suggests making at a less precise time than now. Suffice to say that these things haven't happened by accident and are the result of careful planning and deep knowledge of the materials applied. I'd be proud to create the same illusion.