Trying something new or getting bored again?

I have been guilty throughout this course of being distracted, as someone with newly diagnosed ADHD I am less harsh on myself when this happens than I have been before. The initial stages of making my pieces is somewhat repetitive and usually I am able to get into a flow state when am making the separate components and it isn't an issue, however there are occasions when this isn't the case and that is when my mind starts to wander and I start looking at different ideas. I think that this is also a very important aspect of how I develop as a maker. It stimulates creativity and new ideas and it also presents me with new technical challenges I have to overcome so I never really see it as a negative, though I do recognise that it should be a part of my development and enhance what I am doing and not just utilised as a throw away whim. 

I decided to use a template to connect these pieces, they were made initially as three slabs with mitred joins, they were then slipped and scored together and paddled into more elongated rounded forms once enclosed. The forms were then left to firm up until they could be refined and honed using a surform and steel ribs. After the forms were refined they were slipped and scored together, these pieces were made using a red stoneware with a medium coarse texture.

I did like they way the pieces looked when they were joined together and I will definitely make more, but would perhaps not choose to use red stoneware as the colour after a high fire isn't particularly nice, it loses the red vibrancy and becomes a dark red that looks a bit like offal!

Below is the piece after firing, I chose to use a fuller glaze covering because of the red, this is a tenmoku glaze with a white tin glaze over the top which when combined creates this mottled looking effect on the surface of the clay which I knew would work well on this piece. I then overlayed these glazes with a silicon carbide based lava glaze with a black stain added to create this dark brown bubbling effect on the peaks. Overall I think this is a strong piece of work, however I also recognise that it doesn't necessarily 'fit' with the current body of work I am making.

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This piece arose from left over ovoids after completing another sculpture. I rolled out a piece of clay, deliberately leaving the edges uneven in shape but ensuring the overall thickness across the piece was even. I laid out some of the plaster forms on the bench and then dropped the slab of clay on top of the forms so it would follow the hollows and curves of the shapes. Once leather hard I inverted the slab and attached the ovoids to the slab placing them into the hollow that I had formed. I then made holes in the back as I thought this has potential as a wall piece.

I got quite a few positive comments about this piece but I wasn't personally sold on it having any merit, I decided to glaze it to see if that would change how I felt about it.

Unfortunately, as you can see below, the glaze did not work as expected and the result was really disappointing. Am not sure I would do it again but it did get me thinking about how I could make work to go on the wall.