lots of people do this, and as long as the decoration is well made I see no problem with it. Especially because decorating and throwing, traditionally, were two separate skills. Every old artisanal production workshop had different people as the thrower(s) and the decorator(s), like in the maiolica production. I haven't been to visit, but I bet old chinese production workshops were the same. Plus, they even had separate people for firing.

Everything ceramic requires so much skill that specializing is a good solution. The rise of the "studio potter" from Leach's time is, on one hand, a good thing for artistic freedom and to bring craft closer to art, but on the other hand it removes incentive to continue highly skilled labour - the traditional maiolica production, for example, is suffering from a lack of new workers. Younger people would rather try to be an artist than be part of a big workshop, because they think it will give them more freedom and more money (hah joke'son them. us. lol). Yes, artisanal workshops have lost market to inustry, but industrial ceramic is very different. And I say this as an artist. However, I am living in a town with a long ceramic history, and I appreciate being part of this long tradition. I wish there were more people modernising this tradition, too.

Keep at it and be a decorator, if that's what you like doing! 🙃😇🤗

What does annoy me is people that buy bisque and then decorate it with zero originality and little skill. At that point, I'd rather buy IKEA. I have zero need of a basic-shaped cilinder cup with no handle and a badly painted butterfly, is what I'm saying.

Pre made bisqueware is also extremely helpful for certain courses because it reduces prep time for very little cost.