30 MINUTES OF LESS ÷ 2

Realizing that it is unlikely I will work tomorrow and I had a few minutes to play with, I decided to to make a teabowl from start to finish in 15 minutes or less. Starting with a little over 1.5lbs of clay, I threw a standard nondescript bowl and then decided how to procide. I will admit this was a bit of a cop-out as there is nothing that pushes any parameters at all in this hexagonal piece but it came to mind and I went with it. I dried the clay just a bit and proceeded to beat on it with my large wooden spoon until it had its overall shape and then defined the lines with a metal rib and a rasp. I then dried it a bit more and tooled the foot and finalized all the angles before covering it in thick white slip and worked it impasto style in opposing directions around the teabowl. So in just under 15 minutes, this is what I ended up with, a rather large bowl covered in thick, impasto slip on to its next stage, drying which I can assure you takes a wee bit longer than 15 minutes but the heavy lifting is now complete.   

Here is to hoping everyone has a wonderful (an safe) Fourth of July!