New Yunomis and Snow

As I write, it's snowing outside and I even heard thunder awhile ago. Didn't know that snow thunder existed... until now! Hope it snows alot. I grew up in eastern PA and loved snow. As a child, I used to play outside all day when it snowed and dreamed of sleeping outside in a snow fort. Those were the good ole days.

These days the only bad thing about snow is that I don't have a studio in my home and snow could keep me from going to the Clayworks studio. Even so, it wasn't snowing earlier and I was at Clayworks trimming yunomi cups and putting some slip on them. I had plans of putting slip on all five of these and then time passed quickly and I decided to head home because of the prediction of snow. So, the plates are back under plastic.
I was ready for a new design and not sure what to do so I just began to pour the slip on the side of a cup and let it drip. This is the effect I got with the white slip poured first, and then blue slip over that. I really like it. There's nothing on the inside of these. Simple is good; less is more.
As a side note, Tennessee (women's basketball) is playing Vandy as I write. This is a very good thing to watch when it's snowing outside. Are you wearing orange? On the third yunomi I decided to brush white slip on the outside and a bit on the inside and then pour a little of the blue slip all around it, making sure to create a continuous loop of blue.Then I decided to etch the words to one of my favorite songs... love divine all loves excelling-- a song that pretty much sums up God and life. I really like writing- the sgrafitto thing on pottery. It's time consuming, but so peaceful to do this and worth the result.Can't wait to see how these turn out. I think this is my new favorite design on earthen red clay with slip on top. Off to eat lentils. :)