Thrown and altered recycled clay tea cup, carved, dk red underglaze with glossy clear. Oxidation Fired.

I was playing around with altering and carving again here. Its interesting to introduce some non circular lines into thrown pieces. I liked the look of the recycled clay so decided to use mostly clear glaze on this piece - also to highlight all the carved textures. I tried to carve the linear elements in a way that would highlight the curvature of the cup walls, and continued some of the carving in the interior of the cup too. I also used the trimming tools to create the scaly surface, and also had to trim away some excess clay from the interior. Overall its an interesting piece, but I haven't tried to drink from it yet!