Took this shot at the Medalta Potteries in Medicine Hat. Then convertyed it to monochrome. Did not like it much in monochrome, so I tried some tritone mixture ... got better, but was still not showing the mood I was after. So I added some "noise". Yes, I was getting closer. And finally, I manipulated the lines a bit, and this is what I really wanted to see.

The Original:



Converted to monochrome:



Converted to tritone:



Added noise:



And finally distorted it a bit, since I thought the lines were too harsh: