I really don't care for sushi, or sashimi anyway. In 1992 I was fortunate enough to spend a month in Sapporo, Japan (on the northern island of Hokkaido) as part of a student teacher exchange program. One day my host family took me sightseeing and to a very fancy restaurant. As I didn't (and don't) speak Japanese, they ordered for me. In typical Japanese fashion, the meal was served on many small dishes. Included were a small bowl of miso soup, sticky rice, and sashimi of several varieties. I've never like miso, and there's just something about the texture of raw fish that makes it stick at the top of my throat. I did my best, but just couldn't gag down anything other than the rice and the one raw shrimp (it has a totally different texture).
Despite my aversion to sushi and sashimi, I couldn't resist making this sushi dish.
I love this glass! It starts out the steel blue you can see under the iridized rectangles and turns silver when you fire it. It stays blue where another glass touches it, so I placed the iridized clear rectangles over it to retain some of the blue color (the back is also all blue). You can just see the rainbow hues from the iridizing in the photo.
I used the same silver blue glass for the background of this silly owl I made earlier this summer.
I didn't realize then that the blue I'd chosen because it went well with the red would change color. Imagine my surprise when I opened the kiln! Smile!