WARP SPEED

I showed this bowl to a friend a while back and his first comment was, "warp speed ahead" as it reminded him of any number of sci-fi movies where the spaceship is moving quickly through space and passing by countless stars. After he made the comment I could clearly see how he interpreted the surface interior also simulating just a hint of the expanding universe. As for the bowl itself, this is a bowl I have made quite a few of over the years, sometimes sake cups, condiment bowls, teabowls, what have you thrown out of various clays though this one is stoneware with indented lobes. The pot is base glazed in temmoku and then dipped in a wood ash glaze and as it runs it leaves this rather defining golden brown lip which I think adds quite a nice effect to the piece. I think at the end of the day, I really don't care what you see but that in looking it brings up some memory, experience or your own allusion and that being the case, I have done the best that I could.