A different kind of wall piece

Following on from an earlier idea of a wall piece, and thinking again of using the components of my sculptures in a different way I decided to create a set of ovoids that I would then cut the bottom off and add a flat base to so that when pierced at the back, could be hung on a wall.

After initial firing I chose to use a lava glaze with a copper carbonate addition to create a green effect that would work well with the red stoneware. Above  is an image of the components after glaze firing.

The initial plan was to hang these directly on the gallery wall as a small installation, however I realised that I hadn't made the holes in the back of the pieces correctly, I should have used an inverted keyhole style hole so they could be anchored onto a screw head, I had just made round holes which, given the weight of the pieces would cause them to drop away from the wall at an angle rather than sitting flush. This meant that if I was going to use them I would have to rely on a very strong contact adhesive.