An Earthy Ceramic Mushroom Jar
Hello Internet readers!
Just wanted to share a short post about one of my favorite mushroom ceramic jars.
Actually, it wasn't my favorite, it was one that I didn't really like at first.
When I was making the jar and painting it I had no idea how the underglazes would look once the brown clay was fired.
After the bisque firing the whites and pinks were very flat, almost cartoonish, and the brown clay had a nutty, almost caramel surface color.
But that completely changed once it was fired for the second time and I couldn't believe how dark it had gotten, let alone what it had done to the underglazes.
I had first seen this mushroom jar from a small text photo, and seeing how the colors had muted I was at first disheartened, upset, and wanting to chuck the jar into my reject pile and move on.
But then I held it in my hands, saw up close what the clay had done with the underglazes, it was as if it had absorbed the colors and spit them back out in a hazy, beautiful diluted mess.
Anyways, this jar went off to a new owner, which I was both delighted and sad about. I don't know if I'll be able to replicate or recreate this one, it doesn't seem fair, like it deserves to exist on its own.
Love,
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