Ceramics - extra week

Because the ceramics room isn't being used for The Show, we had an extra class on Wednesday. Some of us made beads, experimenting with rolling out porcelain and sprinkling it with body colour and with kneading body colour into the clay. Isn't this a useful gizmo for firing the beads?
I had just a short stewarding stint and used the rest of the time to pack up the term's work, and to finish off the pinch pots I made so many of, all those months ago. This and another tray will come out of the kiln, eventually, with shiny and matte transparent glazes -
along with the beads - black (grey?), lime, and azure.

Some patterning seen in the room -
Robert said he uses the coils of wire to stuff cloth toys, coat in clay, and fire. The cloth burns away and the metal bubbles and melts?? I can't quite imagine the results, but undoubtedly they are "interesting"!