STANDARD

I was having a conversation with an internet friend when the topic turned to the soda blue, Persian influenced glaze that I am currently using. It was pointed out that a long while back I put up a small porcelain bowl with black slip and a chattering decoration on the piece, though only bisque, essentially, once posted I never got back to putting it up finished. After some digging, I found a picture of the piece glazed, it is a simple 8” v-bowl and as you can see, the design is simple as is the form and glazing. Using a single tooled, I did my best to add some variation to the actual chattering and most likely should leave this technique up to those more seasoned, more practiced than I am. The truth is with a lot of what I do, I will make a few pieces here and there and sometimes not revisit it for what can be a very long intermission of sorts though if memory serves me, this was one of several dozen bowls of varying sizes, a few teabowl and a couple of covered pieces all glazed in the Persian influenced blue. At any rate, here is the finished bowl, chattering and blue comes standard.    

“People mistake their limitations for high standards.”  Jean Toomer