Illustrated is another paddled vase flanked with
four flat panels. This vase was glazed in a crystal rich kaki and the spirals
and the neck of the piece are glazed in a deep black that has oil-spotted over
the spirals. The lugs both correspond to the points where the panels intersect
and add a bit more to the profile of the vase as well as aiding in animating
the posture of the pot. As I already have mentioned, I like making these vases,
it allows me to throw a piece and then with a few additional movements create a
form that is "out of round". It is this simple act of altering
geometry that interests me in these pots and the right decoration ties the flat
surfaces back to the original thrown form rather well.
"There is geometry in the humming of
strings, there is music in the spacing of spheres." Pythagoras of Samos
(570-495BC)
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