When I started creating the piece “Mother”, I wanted to create a piece that represented the image of mothers. I started by throwing a tall cylinder and shaped it into a round vase. Then I proceeded in creating the lid that represented a crowned head by throwing a simple lid with round ball attachment and a hand pulled crown on top. Once the vase was bone dry, I brushed on three coats of thin slip called terra sigillata. Both top and bottom were pit fired, but top was fired in aluminum sagar.