Post 54 New pots

As I said in the last post, 4 new pots are done and here to share today.

Each design and style demands its own little individual kit of shapers, formers, frames, bits and pieces. These have to be stored and labeled to get the right set for the right pot during making - I need to give them names to make sense of it all, which go beyond 'the rectangular one with the bead along the bottom' etc etc or drawing a picture on all the bits!
So also to share today are the names, inspired by the names of traditional Japanese inshore boats, I've given them to distinguish between them.

  
The first is the traditional style you will have seen before, the 'Tenmasen' style. It is quite formal in design and has a more masculine posture so the darker tones suit it well.
Pot 33. Finish is satin. Final dimensions are:  380 x 278 x 86

This one is the smaller rectangular pot you will have seen before but a little shorter. This particular one has a small internal rim flange. The simplicity of this design is quite appealing to many people, with the feet integrated into the pot walls and the 1in 5 inclination; the 'Sabani' pot.
Pot 29. Finish is satin. Final dimensions: 335 x 238 x 68
I've started making this one with a rim flange lately too and these are still coming through the 'pipeline'.

This is the one with the patinated antique look I mentioned in the last post. Quite a simple rectangular pot without detail ornamentation; the 'Kaisen' style. The glaze is nicely differntiated and quite matte, contributing to a weathered appearance of age.
Pot 32. Final dimensions:365 x 260 x 70

And the final one for this firing is  a blue/green oval 'Wasen' pot. This one has a rounded rim flange with grooved walls. The glaze breaks on changes in surface and glaze thickness, green where thinner and blue where thicker.
Pot 31. Finish is satin matte, final dimensions:406 x 297 x 83
I've made a couple of these recently with a squared rim flange as on the Tenmasen, which makes an interesting point of difference - coming soon.

Over coming days I will place these 4 pots and a few others on the sale page, for anyone who may be interested.