A
lot of the summer heat has gone and now it makes working in the studio much
more enjoyable at a time when I get quite a bit busier. The last two cycles
have been terra cotta pieces focused around the abstrakt resist, black &
white slipware, tebori and the newer
snowberry pieces and variants on that theme. The illustrated gang of four shows
off four stacked snowberry pieces which were part of a series of twelve bowls
of similar weight and size though the decoration is entirely freehanded without
any measurement at all relying on what seems right more than exact, precise
repetition. I prefer this methodology when working using approximately the same
amount of clay for each piece without weighing them and then just adding the decoration
as I get to each piece though I do admit to using ink to ballpark varying
segments breaking down the bowl into 3, 4, 6 or 8 areas. I am sure there are
potters and customers who prefer a more exacting approach to the finished
product and that's fine but this works for me, fits my temperament and
certainly goes best with the music that I listen to.
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