clay: celadon fern impressed mug

Clay Body: Bmix with Speckles

Glazes: New Celadon + Juicy Fruit (very runny and therefore a tiny rim dip); black underglaze in fern pressings

Method/Firing: Handbuilt & Ferns Pressing/Glaze pour and dip/Cone 6 

In addition to the top photo, the two photos below show the 3 different little ferns which I pressed into the clay before hand building the mug.

And one can see below that the Juicy Fruit runs a bit, and not wanting to ruin a kiln shelf despite all the kiln wash, I used very little.

 

I showed the cup to my Barbara, who liked the dark green irregular band at the top, the iron speckles in the clay and the evocation of nature. However, it is rather small. The making was so Zen that I will be hand building more, but bigger.