GRAIN BIN

I have been keeping up with making some slipware stoneware pots and I made this small, simple covered box based on the old grain bin forms. This pot was thrown, tooled and then black slipped with added bands of combed white slip slightly reminiscent of Old English Slipware. As you can see, the form balances on three feet which adds a sense of tension to the overall presentation and under the right conditions creates a rather intriguing shadow line. I would like to think that this form and surface plays well with the sunlight and shadow where subtle details pop out where the combing marks seem alive and the glaze runs just enough to animate the finial and the junction where lid and body of the form meet. Beyond the pot I am rather pleased by the shadow cast by this simple covered box form and its finial blending the two and three dimensions in a pleasing unison.