FOUR FOR ONE

The illustrated teabowl came out of a firing about a month (?) back but honestly at this point, I see everything as a blur and keeping track or who, what, where and when is more a suggestion than an absolute. In faceting this bowl I accounted for two very distinct raised bands around the body as both a tactile and visual element as well as to allow the glaze to build a nice deep ring at the top of all of the protruding points. Once set up after throwing, I poured a thin coat of white slip at two spots on the piece which accounts for the distinct areas that are brighter than the rest of the bowl and the surface worked well with a nice mottled affect moving from rich, deep green to areas of iron creating a rather natural patchwork effect. The foot is a simple tooled one with a notch cut out for both functional and to break up the circular regularity. I am enjoying making this style teabowl, none come out exactly the same and there is a spontaneity and directness to the process and form which presents a new angle on my thrown pieces.