NOTHING TO SEE HERE

A recent email exchange came at precisely the right moment a short while back with two extra (?) squared teabowls sitting ready to be tooled and addressed one way or another. The conversation moved me to decorate the bowls both with segmented planes in which the stoneware had the kanji MU incised through to the clay and the porcelain one would have red overglaze enamel painted after the piece was glaze fired. This particular video slideshow follows the inspiration and progression of the stoneware bowl from thrown and incised, black slip segments applied, clear glazed and the finished piece. As you can see, there is "nothing (MU) to see here" across the segments around the teabowl alternating with the dark black areas and at the end of the day, this was enjoyable to document and make. Thanks for nothing!