I have just received my new halogen oven. Haven't had a chance to try it, but will post here as soon as I have results to share.

I have been preparing pieces for the South East Open Studio exhibition which opens next month. I made the first two beads of the series doing what I always do, which is to grab leftover clay and proceed from there, struggling to find a colour to mix that would "go" with the rest. I had some crimson and pale blue and mixed the turquoise to create the first bead and the burgundy for the second bead.  This is what I obtained.

Then I thought - "Hang on. Let's have a "tabula rasa" approach and apply colour theory from scratch." I decided to work in the analogous harmony range and mixed various reds. This is what I produced.

Then I pushed my luck and wondered what would happen if I kept the analogous harmony going but tried to offset the warm colours with a complementary. This is what came out.

Dropping the analogous theme and focusing on a complementary harmony only:

From now on, I think I am going to stick to colour theory principles. No?