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What is your favorite pot?



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If you had to pick just one pot that you love more than the rest... Why is it your favorite? What do you like about it? What does it look like? Feel like? Tell us all about it!





Transcript



This is episode 28 of the MudTalk Podcast. Thank you for tuning in. And a big thank you for subscribing so you know when a new episode drops. Especially because my posting schedule seems to be completely random. And the biggest thank you for sharing the podcast with anyone else who may be interested.



If this is your first episode, or first episode in a while, the MudTalk Podcast is just a collection of thoughts about a certain topic. Designed to be short and sweet without a lot of fluff. Something to get you thinking or hear some new perspectives.



This episode is all about your favorite pot. Why is it your favorite? What do you like about it? What does it look like? There weren’t a lot of responses to the original post which I thought was a little odd. I mean, most potters I know love to talk about pots.



So I reposted more recently to get some new thoughts. And still didn’t get a LOT of discussion.



But that’s okay. We will work with what we have. But if you would like to share something, feel free to reach out through email or social media.



I intentionally left the question a little bit vague. Some people responded with their favorite pot that they have made. Some responded with a style of pot. Some shared one specific pot that they have purchased or use. All good options. I love that the concept of ‘a pot’ can bring up so many different things. We won’t talk about our favorite recreational or medicinal plant. But maybe this question didn’t have the same engagement because the algorithms got confused and thought the content was questionable.



Anyway, let’s hear about some favorite pots!



Sarahannebkr 



Deep Bowls, with a rolled rim, and you can still see the last pull, with a ringed foot



Trippelgrow 



Agate ware coffee cup unglazed outside and opaque white inside. Fits my hands just so and I slowly awake studying the rings and curves



Jenny2ren 



A generous deep bowl, thinking of filling it with salad or mixing a cake in it!



Jessica ewton ceramics 



A shallow blue bowl with lots of cut outs. I spent a long time on it and it paid off!! You can see it on my page :)



Havanow 



As wide as it is tall. Like a Gywan ?



Thepeddlerman 



A tall, abnormally large mug in a glaze that wasn't exactly mixed entirely (my bad) but the color gradient, from a nice bright red, to a brown almost black is beautiful



Marianwilliamspottery



A huge bulbous thrown vessel with an added neck or throat and pulled handles- glazed in a beautiful runny (probably barium) blue on top and satin white on bottom- it’s big, showing makers hand marks in the handles and neck.



Landrum_pottery 



My fav I've made is a 10 lb. Infant piggy sculpture. I almost didn't keep it but after a year of it sitting on the greenware shelf I finally decided to try to fix the damaged ear... I layer glazed it also which turned out great. I feel like he's a high psychedelic pig. :)



Betty J



Brown clay, larger at the bottom than the top that has a narrow, tapering neck. No glaze. Just natural.



James Shock



The handle makes this teapot, and seemed to take longer to make! Mudslide glaze over dark brown clay. The lid knob is a miniature of the actual teapot. An afterthought, but worth the effort.





Naomi Zacharias Unrau



A B-mix thrown 1 pound bowl, rim cut, black slip carved, dots sliptrailed. A play-surprise.





So those are the comments that were shared. But as I’m thinking about this, maybe there are a lot of people out there having the same problem that I have: it is hard to pick a favorite!



If I HAD to pick