SPACE FILLIN'

Two cycles back while I was finishing up an order and some commissioned pieces I ended up with a number of odd areas that needed to be filled and set about making a few filler pieces that were not teabowls. What I hit upon were several small ewer forms that have some of that Kohyama Yasuhisa influence but were mostly influenced by an old Sueki ewer I had seen and studied some time back. The bodies, thrown off the hump are simple closed forms resembling larger river stones with a thrown neck added and small feet pulled off each pot. The decoration is black slip under an Oribe style glaze with each ewer perched on three small feet and the lip had the black slip sanded off to create a focal point. In truth, these are rather small and wouldn't hold much sake or bourbon but it would be more than enough for soy or some other such condiment which was my real intent.

"The least movement is important to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble." Blaise Pascal