These are the three basic elements in our February Coil Pot project. The three need to work together to make a happy pot. Use these examples for inspiration.
FORM
A more upright form will show off your texture. Vases, urns and bottles are great but a straight-sided bowl can work too. The great thing about coiling is that things don’t have to be round. Maximum height is 20cm (but it can also be shorter).
Texture – Slip Trailing
This is a bit like using an icing bag to decorate a cake except you’ll use slip instead of icing.
Texture – Subtraction or Modelling
Other ways to add texture is by removing (or adding) clay with a tool or modelling with your fingers as you’re coiling.
Glaze
We’ll use my Stoneware glazes (the glaze used on my mugs) which break beautifully over texture. Layering the colours can give some groovy results and applying them over black slip gives a whole other dimension of groove. These examples show how glaze enhances the texture (although I may not have all of the same colours)
