Final Day and Assessment

All of my pieces have come out of the kiln today. Sadly I am not keen on the pieces with the Shino glaze, and I think that this is because I did not apply it thick enough, the effect is very brown and there is little variation within the colour. The oxides have not bled in the way I hoped, but do a good job in defining the features. The Magnesium glaze however has worked very well, although perhaps not with the manganese oxide in a way I would have liked. Next time I am definitely going to complete some glaze testers first. 

Some of the lids have stuck to the bottoms on the teapots, which is because I did not clean where they touch well enough. This is something that I need to take more time over in the future to get it right. 

This afternoon I was able to set up for the assessment tomorrow, and for the first time I decided to use a white table cloth to make the setting look more professional. I have also used one of the plinths I found in the classroom to display my favourite pieces. I have set up my thrown pieces on one side of the table, and the slip pieces on the other, as if they are two separate installations, and I think they contrast each other well.