Given the time of year, I have spent more than my fair
share of throwing time making serving bowls, both open and covered. I tend to
throw two sizes of serving bowls, those of a manageable scale for two to four
people and a larger version for about eight people of so, of course a lot
depends on what goes in the bowl but this is one of the few things that I make
where I don't hear, it could have been bigger or it could have been smaller.
This particular bowl was made a month or so ago and was a gift on a recent
excursion to see a nice collection of modern Japanese pottery part of a
series of thrown and carved pieces later glazed in temmoku and medieval green. I
enjoy throwing these bowls, moving, cantilevering the clay out over the foot
creates a bit of tension in the form that goes well with the carved grasses
pattern around the bowl. With every bowl I make I hope they find their way in
to the daily lives where ever they end up and filled to the brim with the
resident specialty is always the way I see them in my mind's eye.
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