Fixing a Pot with a Jagged, Razor-sharp Base

If I’m being honest, the glazes I use typically stay precisely where put, that is, expect for this relatively new mossy green glaze that I’ve started using recently. Apply it too thickly, fire it too hot and this is what it does, I’m sure we’ve all been there, thankfully, unlike the mugs this happened to recently, where the glaze itself on the base of the interior bubbled into tiny craters, the inside of this vase was absolutely perfect, so all that needed to be done was some thorough grinding on the foot. I use a tungsten carbide tipped tool to try and flake off the worst of the waddings, (these are the white feet the vase was fired upon), and to make sure I don’t accidentally miss and scratch the glaze, I position my thumb right in the way, protecting the glazed portion of the pot. Yes it gets whacked, but the amount of force I’m using isn’t enough to break the skin or really hurt at all for that matter. Next, I use a variety of @diamondcoretools for grinding away the excess glaze on the foot, I start with diamond discs on the wheel, which are fantastic fun to use, although it’s a tricky process to see what you’re doing, hence why I’m hunched over at such a level. After this, I use a few different diamond studded blocks of various grades, to work back the damaged area by hand. This final touch makes a big difference and it lets me be far more accurate as compared to polishing on the wheel. And that’s the vessel back to a first, if the base of a pot is cleaned up and ground away properly without and excessive or accidental glaze scratching, then I generally sell the piece at the usual price, but I’ll of course include photographs of the tidied-up area so people know what they’re getting. #pottery #qualitycontrol #fail #asmr #ceramics #handmade #vase