My pots are made from sanded red earthenware clay, thrown or handformed. I don't go in much for trimming, except for some footed bowls, as I prefer to finish pots on the wheel as far as possible.

Once finished and leather hard most pots are coated with white slip ( a liquid ball clay) by pouring or dipping and here the fun begins! The white slip allows decoration by mottling, combing through or finger - wiping, exposing the red body beneath. The consistency of the slip and the time delay affects the resulting mark, so a wide variety of mark making is possible by very simple means. Alternatively a contrasting slip may be applied, more or less controlled, using slip trailers, ladles etc.

The pots are allowed to dry to bone hard before they are glazed. I raw glaze, so there is no biscuit firing (except for a handful of the most delicate  sculptural pieces). Raw glazing bone dry pots works for me. When fully dry  the pots are fired in a gas kiln to around 1100 degrees C, taking about 14 hours.