This piece is glazed in a snowy blue and mossy green glaze with a white line crossing through the middle just like the clay does. The blue is a nice dark navy with white speckling like snow. The green is a blue mossy green with a similar snowy affect. The back of the piece has a wire to hang the piece if you choose to. Read more about the intention behind the piece below.
In a college pottery class, we were challenged to make a wall piece. During that time I was very in to making very wide serving/fruit bowls. Making a really wide and shallow bowl on the wheel requires a lot of carefulness because if the class gets too thin or wet, it can collapse on itself-it just doesn’t have the leverage to support itself.
The piece is about 3 point inches from the wall outward, 12.5 inches from top to bottom, and 5 inches wide.
I couldn’t figure out what I wanted my wall piece to be but would have collapsed bowls every now and then. When it would collapse, I’d just fold the walls in to make cleanup easier. Part of my learning in pottery was accepting imperfection and that I can’t control everything (due to the process in part). Knowing this, along with my issues with collapsing bowls, I found my inspiration for the wall pieces: accepting the failure and rolling with whatever happens instead of expecting perfection.
This piece is glazed in a snowy blue and mossy green glaze with a white line crossing through the middle just like the clay does. The blue is a nice dark navy with white speckling like snow. The green is a blue mossy green with a similar snowy affect. The back of the piece has a wire to hang the piece if you choose to. Read more about the intention behind the piece below.
In a college pottery class, we were challenged to make a wall piece. During that time I was very in to making very wide serving/fruit bowls. Making a really wide and shallow bowl on the wheel requires a lot of carefulness because if the class gets too thin or wet, it can collapse on itself-it just doesn’t have the leverage to support itself.
The piece is about 3 point inches from the wall outward, 12.5 inches from top to bottom, and 5 inches wide.
I couldn’t figure out what I wanted my wall piece to be but would have collapsed bowls every now and then. When it would collapse, I’d just fold the walls in to make cleanup easier. Part of my learning in pottery was accepting imperfection and that I can’t control everything (due to the process in part). Knowing this, along with my issues with collapsing bowls, I found my inspiration for the wall pieces: accepting the failure and rolling with whatever happens instead of expecting perfection.
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