One two three...
One of the things that's both exciting and a bit frustrating about making ceramics, is that there's always a 'before' and an 'after' stage in the making process, with the firing in the kiln as the defining part that marks the difference between before and after. There's no 'what you see is what you get', or well, a lot of times what you see before is more or less what you get afterwards, but sometimes not, and you never know when 'sometimes' is... ;)
Like when I made a plate for Caroline that looked fine before firing, but that somehow ended up coming back from the firing with some very small flaws in the printing. Charming little details that prove it's handmade... or just not good enough? I always find it hard to decide. So I made a second one, that luckily enough had no imperfections.
But you don't always get there with making the same thing twice...
In rare cases you even have to make it three times! Now find the differences... ;)
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