I like making these larger yunomi-teabowls as
there is something enjoyable in the repetition, throwing and the challenge in the decoration. The form can
easily be manipulated by adjusting the taper/ flare of the bowl and by moving
the bisecting ridge in either direction up or down. As for the decoration and
surface, the possibilities are nearly endless as I have been making these bowls
since about 2000 or so and have yet to run out of ideas. This particular
teabowl has an underglaze black decoration that creates a certain sense of
movement under one of my Oribe glazes; I feel the decoration compliments the
piece but I guess I need you to be the judge of that.
"We judge ourselves by what we are
capable of doing, others judge us by what we have done." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
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