FAR-OFF

This is number 3 of three pieces that I had sent to the teabowl exhibition in Philly. I opted for this somewhat conservative, stacked stone Oribe teabowl over swirled slip and some Kuro-Oribe accents. I think I choose poorly apparently as it is still available though I thought it a fairly strong piece, oh well, I guess it can always be used for chowder, chili, cashews or carambola. Thrown out of stoneware, tooled and given a thin layer of swirled slip, this bowl is simply put, based on two smooth stones stacked on top of each other like the base of some far-off cairn dotting the landscape of your mind. This teabowl is a nice handful and honestly is as simple a bowl as I could make which I was thinking was exactly the point.