It
had been a while since I had thrown any porcelain teabowls so for the last
stoneware firing I ended up throwing a half dozen porcelain bowls for various
finishes. In the end I glazed up two in temmoku and ash, two in saffron iron
yellow and two in the Ao+ I have been working with. This teabowl, a wangata
influenced piece, well, Kawai Kanjiro influenced to put a fine point on it, has
kushime style slip decoration under the Ao+ and came out with a variety of
blue, gosu tones, especially on the front of the bowl and all around the foot
where the glaze has run down the slip channels creating a number of rather
pretty effects which stop just about the actual foot. Where I put in a tea pool
depression, the glaze has set up in such a way as to look like various orbits
culminating in a pale blue dot at the center which also makes for a rather
interesting effect. I really enjoy using my Oribe and Ao+ since both have a
tendency to run and pool, the end results are not at all predictable and in my
mind, there is no other way I would want it.
There are a few more
pictures of this teabowl over at my Trocadero marketplace, check here if you
are so inclined;
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