I'm Back!

Yes, I'm back! I'm not quite sure where I've been, but I'm back!

I've been showing off my glazed pieces in blog posts over the past few weeks, but it's been a long time since I actually created something new. (3 weeks since the bottomless bowl incident, and 6 weeks before that!) But I feel like I'm finally getting that spring back in my step, and I have been coiling 'til my heart's content the last couple of days.

I continued with my little set of bowls on Monday...

and then there were three

..and then I coiled this vase yesterday (Tuesday)

smooth as a Malteser!

Here's a question for you other potters:

Do you create pieces with glazes in mind, or do you create pieces and then try to decide which glaze would be best suited to the piece?

I really fancied making some bowls with that red glaze I used on the ivy vase, but now that I've made them I'm not so sure. Yesterday's vase was supposed to be a replacement for the ivy vase, but it sort of took on a life of it's own and wanted to be something different. Now I see it in a soft pastel shade.