I threw a few stoneware teabowls
recently that were faceted while still on the wheel, each then had a hand cut
foot to try to compliment the form. Illustrated is one of the finished bowls
that was first glazed in my Oribe glaze and then overglazed in the same glaze
altered by adding iron and ash to it. The bowls were then fired on wads on
their sides, in this case, you are looking at the front of the teabowl which
was the top creating interesting side-effects. The base overglaze ran
extensively toward the bottom, the opposite side as can be seen from the front
and the interior creating a rather nice flow of effects which seem to defy
gravity without an explanation added. These side-fired teabowls were a neat
experience and obviously the outcome was in question and certainly
unpredictable making them all the more interesting and worth making more.
"Experience is a hard
teacher because she gives the tests first, the answers afterward." Vernon
Sanders Law (b. 1930)
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