THROWING IN THE NEW YEAR

There is certainly nothing earth-shattering about this teabowl which I threw off the hump but since Jan. and Feb. are very slow months for me and work is good work and throwing in the new year is a good way to start a Monday. In fact, I needed to throw a group of covered serving bowls and then lids which I throw off the hump and once the bodies were thrown I wedged up a good size cone of clay and threw the four matching lids. I knew there would be clay left over so I threw a pair of matching shallow "using" bowls and four teabowls including the one pictured here. As you can see it is thrown out of stoneware and is pretty generous in scale and I decided to address the exterior of the foot while it was still on the wheel and will tool the interior once it is stiffened up. The truth is that anytime I can sit and throw is a good day which is made a bit better when it includes covered pieces and a few teabowls as well.   

"Choose a job you love and you will, never have to work a day in your life." Confucius. I am reasonably sure he didn't factor in all the packing!