Cookie Jars with Hats and Stems

Last week I made much needed mugs, as my inventory was low. Here are some, drying after just having gotten their handles. They are still raw clay.

11 mugs

I also made cookie jars, if you want to call them that. I made them with lids like hats, or maybe like a cross between Russian onion domes and the tops of squash on the vine. Here's one:

Domed cookie jar

These are all unfired. The clay is firm and  not yet dry.

I had a request for a different sort of cookie jar as well. I like the stem lid and jar handles, so I went with them.

 

Stemmed cookie jar

I added some underglaze (glaze with high clay content that can be put on unfired clay) in green, let it dry, and waxed over it to prepare for the next step.

Cookie jar with first underglaze color

I added peach underglaze, waxed over that, let it dry, and went to the next step: cutting through the waxed underglaze to add lines and leaves in another color. These, and additional finish decoration, were in black underglaze. 

 

Rawware cookie jar with underglaze decoration

Rawware cookie jar with underglaze decoration

It looks almost finished, but it still must dry, get bisque fired, glazed, and glaze fired. I'll post a photo!

Posted on December 15, 2013 .