UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

I few months back I made a hand full of inlaid slip teabowls and a few other pieces and apparently this bowl was overlooked at the time and just put up on a shelf, out of sight out of mind. While looking for a pair of yunomi that a customer wanted, I noticed this bowl again and realized it looked a bit different than the other pieces. As you will notice there is an inlaid slip pattern but what really catches the eye is the diagonal pattern that goes around the bowl where the slip pattern is. Unlike the other pieces using other glazes, this one used a recent Oribe that high lights the rythmic undulations that appear like waves moving around the bowl. These inlaid pieces were first slip and once set up and firm, I used a broad, slightly curved tool to cut off the excess and reveal the slip pattern which created slight diagonal furrows that are certainly accentuated by this oribe glaze. This was neither devised or planned but rather is an  welcome unintended consequence of the process that I have absolutlely no problem living with adding to the teabowl both in the hand or just hanging about on a shelf.