Though I
am in the final stages of finishing up my terra cotta run, I have been
interjecting the occasional test piece here and there. A couple of weeks back,
I decided to try taking some thrown cylinder teabowls and playing with the
forms a bit to see what I could come up with. The first couple of bowls, were
thrown and paddled triangular, which were okay, but not very satisfying or
practical in terms of function. The latest group I decided to keep simple. The
bowls were paddled square, rasped to define the edges and then came the tricky
part, how to address the feet. I have made squared bowls and forms before and
in the past, most had wheel tooled feet, though it works, I wanted something a
bit more complimentary and to seem less like trying to fit a round peg in a
square hole. This time around, I defined the actual foot and then proceeded to
cut away the excess, leaving a square foot which better complements the form. The
interior of the foot was cut out to tie in to the swirl in the interior of the
bowl. I have plans for how to glaze these and if all goes well, I'll post up the
finished results in a down the road.
"Nothing
is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." Rodin (1840-1917)
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