a little pottery

A piece I finished back in November but just planted the jade plant in it last week. It was my first attempt at this shape. I was afraid where the clay was folded that it would crack when fired b/c of the thickness but it turned out fine. I let it dry really slowly for 6 weeks before firing it to make sure there was no water in it that would have made it crack.

Here's a close up of it. The texture was made with a piece of coral and the glaze is khaki that went brown in the kiln. Very nice and earthy. It has a hole in the bottom so hopefully it will drain ok. It's about 10" across.
And here is an 11" tray. It has iron oxide rubbed into the texture and then coated in white to give it a grayish color with brown accents. Fun, eh.