For
nearly two decades I have dragged around this odd plastic cup that I was given
as a gift as a joke and it has been ever present on my desk near the computer
all that time until recently when it actually just split in half. Though I carefully
glued it back together I realized it could no longer function in its previous
capacity as a pencil holder so I made another to replace it. The illustrated
pierced Oribe style pen holder is based
on a pierced Japanese Oribe candle holder that I really like and the piece was
quickly thrown in stoneware, incised to establish where I would cut out clay and
then holes were cut in the opposing solid areas to lighten up the visual form.
Obviously this was glazed in one of my Oribe formulas, in this case made from
lepidolite which highlights the incised decoration and the sharp cuts from the
piercings. I am sure that it was not my intension to have to make a pencil
holder the day before I did but it fit well within the kiln and adds credence
to the old maxim; necessity truly is the mother of invention.
BTW
could there be anything less interesting that a blog post about a guy making a pencil
holder? It really is true, the fact that I have nothing to say means I
definitely should blog about it.
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