After
writing my Monday post, I went and visited a group of Bill Klock teabowls that
I have on a shelf, reminding myself about just how powerful and present simplicity
can be. This illustrated Shino bowl is a classic piece by Bill, simple in its
approach, form and glazing but the manner in which it was thrown, the use of
subtle marks around the piece with a rough, folded over lip adding strength and
focus to the pot all terminating in a powerful lift on a quickly cut pedestal
foot quite frankly what clay was originally intended for. I should also mention
that he really enjoyed using Shino thin where the fiery iron reds would come up
bolstered by the spodumene in the glaze and allowing marks, impressed and
inlaid stamps and other elements of the clay to show through the surface.
As
for the initial ascent which begins as the clay meets table it is clearly
about visual elevation, the bowl has the lift that I really love in a pot and for clay
which blends function and aesthetics, this teabowl just says, "all
rise" to my eye.
" I thought clay must feel happy in the good
potter's hand." Janet Fitch (from WHITE OLEANDER)
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