Though I do a lot of
drawing/doodling, quite a few of the designs I execute by carving or painting
come about rather quickly, almost spontaneously while working and listening to
music. Though I no longer just start painting or carving, I quickly rough out
the idea in pencil or ink and set about finishing the idea. This flock pattern
came about just that way, for some reason I was thinking about the old Mad
Magazine Spy Vs. Spy cartoons while listening to some 80's music and the idea
just dropped on to the bowl. First roughed out in ink and then fairly quickly
carved. In this case, the bowl is
porcelain and covered in black slip which was carved to create images through
the black and then later glazed in a seiji style glaze. I am willing to bet, it
isn't too hard to guess what I was listening to when I got this idea.
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