Illustrated is a teabowl that came out of a recent firing along with a few other bowls in this series. Though I realize it is certainly a misnomer, I have been referring to this type as Kuro-Oribe style, black Oribe as depending on the use of the overglaze I can make it go from what you see here to a very dark, blackish surface. Name aside, this is a fun and somewhat unpredictable surface to work with areas of droozy, running glaze and sparkling iron specks that catch the light adding a new twist on the existing Oribe that I am working with. Despite the addition of the overglaze and the formation of small cell like attributes across the surface the sharp edges of the facets still poke through showing a glimpse of the clay color in the midst of the green and black of the bowl. As a last observation, this new combination runs to build up a super rich surface on all of the horizontal lines and projections from lip to the base of the bowl creating an interesting segmentation of the pot. I realize there is still a lot more to try with this glaze combination but so far so good.
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