Complementary fish lanterns

Haven't used Laguna "Antique Blue" glaze in a long time; I had forgotten how reliable it is. That's Coyote "Shino" glaze on the left fish.

Fin nippers

Tiger barbs (Puntius tetrazona). They're on the back of the plate too.

Will it show?

The inside will be glazed with Forest Green, which is pretty transparent. Here's the entire poem:

Sweet is the swamp with its secrets,
Until we meet a snake;
'Tis then we sigh for houses
And our departure take
At that enthralling gallop
That only childhood knows.
A snake is summer's treason,
And guile is where it goes.
-Emily Dickinson, 1896

Ugly

Ha ha, wow. It's even uglier in person. The greenish glaze is new: it's called "Gunmetal Green." It has a metallic, oily sheen that I find almost disturbing.

Two turtles

So happy together

Fish bowl (in progress)

Pearl gourami with cherry barbs (Trichogaster leeri and Puntius titteya)

Lucky me

Happiness is finding not one but two fish atlases at the used book store.