TOO HIGH

This was a spur of the moment, end of day attempt at trying to capture some of the grace, posture and form of the rather impressive and famous Mine(no)Momiji chawan. I think it is quite clear, I was in no way attempting to actual make anything resembling a copy of that chawan but rather now and again I try to get at just a hint of the feel of the form and its animation which truth be told is both a very bridge to far and a bar just too high. This bowl came about as the remnant of throwing a group of lids off the hump out of white stoneware leaving just about enough for a teabowl. This was thrown, slightly manipulated, dried a bit and then had the foot cut with a sharp piece of wood that was once a simple shim or wedge. I decided to go all in on a fine line, incised and inlaid decoration paying homage to the MnM chawan adding stamped squares here and there to break up the surface. Once bisque and glazed in my Oribe base, a total of three additional glazes were added to try for that streaked and mottled surface I like and this was the end result. Miserable failure or just one more bowl closer to what I am after? I’ll let you know after another 100 are under my belt.