Redemption!

Praise hands! Not only did the cups coming out sooner than I expected, but they're gorgeous! Making my eyes and hands super happy. They're well-balanced, and the glaze drips are delightful. Fairly unexpected combination of glazes because I layered this time. Glossy white (which I usually steer away from because I like matte finishes better) is layered underneath seaworld. When used alone, seaworld is what you'd expect: an aqua-turquoise hue. But when you layer it on top of glossy white, it layers on more on the black, super dark navy blue side... with some interesting variation where the glaze pools together. So sometimes, you get a brilliant pop of blue, like around the rim. And it runs around the rim too, to make it even more interesting. So happy with how these came out.

Here are all 4 of them.

They're a pretty good size. Bigger than all the other cups I've thrown before.

Played around with carving baybayin into the little one. I painted wax resist into the symbols, after the bisque fire. But the glaze ran into the areas where there's both glossy white and seaworld, so I actually like how it's slightly darker where the symbols were carved in. Will keep that in mind for next time...

You can see where the wax resist was trying.

The rim is bright blue. This glaze combo is just the coolest.