This piece is glazed in a lovely, dark blue (the dark blue that the deep part of a lake is). The glaze wraps around the “outside” of the piece including the folds into the center. The folds and sides each have a hole that I pushed in with my finger. The out holes were glazed. The holes in the folds were filled with glass before firing with the hopes that it would run out the bottom. Achieving the point of this piece-the glass didn’t do as expected and ran over the side instead! There is a loop on the back so that the piece can be hung on the wall. See more about the reason 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 11.25 inches across, 5.75 inches from top to bottom, and about 1.75 inches tall.
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 lovely, dark blue (the dark blue that the deep part of a lake is). The glaze wraps around the “outside” of the piece including the folds into the center. The folds and sides each have a hole that I pushed in with my finger. The out holes were glazed. The holes in the folds were filled with glass before firing with the hopes that it would run out the bottom. Achieving the point of this piece-the glass didn’t do as expected and ran over the side instead! There is a loop on the back so that the piece can be hung on the wall. See more about the reason 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 11.25 inches across, 5.75 inches from top to bottom, and about 1.75 inches tall.
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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