@Mortalis, way to go - keep on experimenting...
@ Jim: nothing carved here. I first made the pot out of slabs of clay covered with the darker coloured clay. Then I made the dragon (it is just one Matt) out of a lighter coloured clay and fixed it on the pot.
@ Matt: The dragon hasn't really changed during the firing. I guess I could make you a pot but you should be aware of a few things:
1. Most importantly: I am just a beginner so you risk being disappointed by the pot.
2. I make those pots during classes which I pay for. The more complex the pot the more lessons I would have to "use up" for the pot. While I wouldn't charge you the price of the class - after all I would still learn something - I would have to charge more than the mere material is worth as it would get rather too expensive for me.
3. You would have to pay the postage
4. This is the first time I have ever made a dragon so I would have to experiment on making the dragon more detailed.
5. I only have classes once a week with the teacher where I can make those kinds of clay and she has only 4 pupils all in all. That means it takes quite some time before the kiln is full. So if I started making a pot now it would probably take 3-4 months till it was fired - i. e. too late for the re-potting season this spring.
6. with pottery you always risk that things don't turn out the way you planned (actually it mostly does). So that is a risk you take irrespective of the fact that I am a beginner...
Freaked you out now?
