EGGSHELL

Illustrated is a faceted teabowl that I made from one of my test clays, intended as a mixture of porcelain and stoneware. As you can see it came out a sort of eggshell color punctuated over the entire surface is bits of grog to give it as much flavor and texture as possible. This bowl was thrown a bit thick and rather loosely prior to being very quickly faced to open up the clay and expose the texture and inclusions hidden within. In the texture department, every cut and piece of grog can be felt in the hand as I used the thinnest coat of an alkaline clear glaze as possible in an effort to preserve the qualities of the bowl freshly thrown and faceted in which I think it succeeded. Though with all of the inclusions visible, it is hard to call define this teabowl as simple but it does have a rather simple, elemental quality that I rather enjoy, a sort of broken purity, now it is time to make more clay and move on to something just a bit bigger.