Though not the most exciting photo, this teabowl came from
a series where I was looking to do just about anything other than round on the
wheel. The geometry and technique are quite simple as it is more about
patience, waiting on the right consistency of the clay and then whacking it
about to shape and defining the lines a bit with a rib. This one has had white
slip applied waiting on some version of a transparent glaze, be it Oribe,
amber, soda blue or my Ao+. At the end of the day, the thrown object left as it
was on the wheel has a continual vista constantly giving way to new details of
a continuous landscape while triangular, hexagonal, square forms throw up
planes of surface and decoration that present new discoveries just around each edge
of the form. Both approaches have their uses and purposes but every now and again,
bending a circle to your will and beating it somewhat violently are just
moments well spent.
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