I didn't do the firing on this.
This was made with BE Turquoise and BE frits & powders: black, white and red. This was originally supposed to be just a bowl. It started with layers of color that was supposed to be water and koi. I didn't like the results, so I flipped the piece over and just added the koi. When I slumped the bowl, it bubbled. We did a second slump, hoping the bubble would go away. It went down, but was still there. So I decided to make a fountain out of it.

I was thinking about what the actual fountain would be. I bought a low, ceramic pot that was going to be the base. But the colors didn't work well together. Then my boyfriend brought home a resin pot (no drainage holes) that was going to get tossed. Perfect! And the bowl just BARELY fit inside.

Dilema...how was I going to get the bowl to stay up towards the surface? Solution...I cut 2" PVC pipe to hold it up. On the bottom of the pot and on the bottom of the bowl, using Gorilla Glue, I glued on 2 endcaps. I also cut a whole through the endcap that was being glued to the bowl so the tubing can go through. I also cut a whole in the 2" pipe, also for the tubing, so it can connect to the pump which sits outside the 2" PVC, on the bottom of the pot.