Illustrated
is an overhead angled view of a recent stepped temmoku and medieval green jar
that came out of the kiln. I like this angle, it shows off the two glazes to
their truest color and it gives a perspective of the steps that were created
while throwing the pot all at once. The alternating panels of glaze and the
stamped decoration with inlaid glaze adds to the surface of the pot but the
real interest from my perspective comes from looking back at older architectural
landmarks like the Tower of Pisa from which I drew a certan degree of
inspiration to come up with this form. Applying that which has already transpired
to make something new can be either a pitfall or a challenge, though I prefer
to try to render the borrowed into something of my own and to accept a challange
rather than see it as a pitfall. I would like to think that I succeeded.
You
can see more of this jar over at my Trocadero marketplace by clicking on the
link;
http://www.trocadero.com/stores/albedo3studio/items/1306121/item1306121store.html
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