SPARE PARTS

I had this idea a while back and for the record it wasn't a particularly good one either but it did leave me with one small, rounded closed form in stoneware so I decided to see what I could make with it. First I paddled the piece into a cube and then refined the edges leaving the top of the form ever so slightly domed. The next step was to push in and define the foot so that the piece rested on the center of each side and then made a small spout for the burgeoning pouring vessel. The last step was making a squared and carved stopper and fitting it to a matching square opening in the top of the pot. Once bisque I decided to go with the Kuro-Oribe style surface which has made it next to impossible to photograph but the idea and sense of form are easy enough to see even if the glaze and effects are not. In the end you'll have to take my word on the fact that this piece certainly came out better than the original multi-cube assemblage that was fairly quickly recycled for other projects that made a bit more sense.