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.
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