So my small apple-themed cookie jar actually came out looking ok, except that I didn’t get a chance to ask my teacher how to glaze a piece with a lid. She had told me that I would need to make sure the lid was on when I glazed it, and I wondered how that would work without sealing the lid shut. Answer: it doesn’t work. You can’t glaze the edges of the lid; in fact, you have to wax the edges of the lid and the rim of the jar, and you can’t use glazes that run. So I messed up on all accounts, and my lid fused to the jar itself. Sigh. However, I was just in time to wipe off all the glaze from my OTHER, larger jar (with lid), and tomorrow I will re-glaze it appropriately. At least the vase thing came out ok, although the leaves freak DD out. And the cup came out ok too — I’ve switched from using volcanic green to verdigris, a more opaque, metallic green, and that seems to be working out.
