The
other day my wife asked me to make a new sugar bowl for the counter as the one
currently in use has been around since 1992/93 and was not made as a sugar
bowl. After thinking about it for a while and having finished what I had
intended to make for the day, I wedged up some clay and as you can see in the
illustration, plans change. I didn't go out of my way to not make a sugar bowl
and lid but rather as I was centering the clay I realized there was a bit too
much for the task at hand and decided to make a taller covered piece than was
planned. Neither planned or quite sure where they came from, out of the wedged
clay sprang these forms and lids which I later tooled and adorned with these
knobs meant to compliment the form and echo the series of four cut notches in
each foot. Once firmed up, each was slipped and combed and for a novel approach,
I think I will glaze them in my Oribe when they are bisque. Plans may change
but that doesn't alter the fact that I still need to make a lidded sugar bowl
which is actually designed for the task at hand.
"Good
luck is often with the man who doesn't include it in his plans." Wm.
Shakespeare
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