SIMPLE, SQUARED

Illustrated is another one of those simple, squared yunomi that I really enjoy making here at the studio. I am not sure if I settled on yunomi over mugs because of my admiration and time in Japan or is it I just don’t like the fussing around with timing and handles, maybe a question for another time. This one was thrown out of stoneware and softly squared up to allow for a less severe look and then covered over in impasto applied slip before its final meeting with Oribe and iron. The diagonal application makes for some rather interesting effects as the glaze runs and channels down the furrows making each and every one just a bit different and each plane its own unique landscape which come together in an overarching theme. It may be simple in design and execution but the texture and surface hopefully push it to another place entirely.