FLANGE BOWL

I have been making flange bowls like this for some time now and was reminded, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". This form lends itself to a wide array of sizes from four inches to sixteen of so and the flange with slight alterations makes a really good surface to hold on to with bare hands or kitchen mitts. I have been making this form for almost over two decades now and each and every one is enjoyable to throw, alter and tool though as you can see in the picture I normally have to go in and clean up the edges and "sharpen" the altered depressions. The altered depressed waves certainly help add a sense of movement to the bowl which seems to be in perpetual motion whether filled with mashed potatoes of not. On top of being a rather versatile style of bowl this also lends itself to almost every glaze and glaze combination that I use, in this case likely to be medieval green and temmoku where some combos may be better than others this together with the saffron and the Oribe surfaces are among my favorites. Admittedly this is another simple  bowl form with simple decoration but it does everything I intended it to do from function to just looking good with some fruit or detritus from the day collected all in one place.  

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