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.
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