beauty or broken

I got a few pieces out of the pottery kiln this week.Some were good. Most were not. Atleast in my eyes. I see them as broken. They have crazing - where the glaze fractures and is no longer safe to eat of off but is ok as a decorative piece - but I find most crazing ugly. A failure. A broken piece. This first piece I had put in the trash can at the studio and a lady stopped me and said the piece was beautiful and why would I throw it away. I explained all the flaws. She still said it was beautiful. I still see it as ugly. (it's uglier than the picture) It was suppose to be purple. it is not. the glaze cracked all crazy and then in the thicker parts bubbled. I do not like. I will trash it later tonight.

This piece is purple which is what I wanted but is the glaze is all cracked and has a naked spot under the rim. I find it unusable.

But I did have a beautiful piece come out. Its the same glaze as the purple but fired in a different part of the kiln. It did what I wanted. Loving all the shades of color in it.

A close-up.

And then this tray turned out well. It's in my signature pottery colors. :0)

I also had about 4 pieces that were suppose to be red but instead they are an icky yellow. I didn't take pictures and am hoping to re-fire in a different part of the kiln and maybe get some red. or really anything except the icky yellow. So, there are my pottery adventures for the moment.