ORIBE TEXTURE

Illustrated is another of the highly textured teabowls that came out of a firing back in early August. In this instance I allowed two various textures to decorate and animate the surface under an Oribe style glaze with the one being created using a kushime technique and the other occurring as the bowl was expanded in throwing. In the end, this has created three distinct textures, the third being where the slip was combed away from the iron rich clay showing as dark valleys between the highlighted Oribe over the white slip. I would like to say that everything I do is well thought out and pre-planned but anyone who is actually a potter knows quite the opposite is true especially as a style, technique, new glaze or new clay is being used for the first hand full of attempts. At first glace the overall shot of the teabowl looks about like a number of pieces that have come before but as you look at the detail shot it is immediately apparent that another dimension has been added to the piece and since I can rarely stand or sit still, that is just what the potter ordered.