This is my new favorite piece... I made it out of white clay and struggled for a couple weeks to figure out how I'd glaze it. I asked my teacher for advice and he suggested this "horse-eye" design (he specializes in japanese ceramics and, apparently, this is a very japanese design.) It is painted using successively bigger ovals and is supposed to occur in groups of five.
It took SO MUCH WILL-POWER to do this in just black and white (the overglaze is clear, showing the white clay underneath,) because I'm a color person. Seriously, I never leave the house with at least SOME color on me, even if it is just in my earrings. So doing this without ANY... was tough. But it was a good call in the end, and really highlights the shape and strength of the sculptural details. In my oh-so-humble opinion.
The piece is about 11.5" in diameter and 7.5" tall, table-to-knob. I threw it as two separate bowls (the top is an inverted bowl) and then threw the knob on the wheel separately. The horse-eyes are painted with a long-haired japanese brush using black underglaze, and then the whole thing was poured with clear crackle glaze.
This is my new favorite piece... I made it out of white clay and struggled for a couple weeks to figure out how I'd glaze it. I asked my teacher for advice and he suggested this "horse-eye" design (he specializes in japanese ceramics and, apparently, this is a very japanese design.) It is painted using successively bigger ovals and is supposed to occur in groups of five.
It took SO MUCH WILL-POWER to do this in just black and white (the overglaze is clear, showing the white clay underneath,) because I'm a color person. Seriously, I never leave the house with at least SOME color on me, even if it is just in my earrings. So doing this without ANY... was tough. But it was a good call in the end, and really highlights the shape and strength of the sculptural details. In my oh-so-humble opinion.
The piece is about 11.5" in diameter and 7.5" tall, table-to-knob. I threw it as two separate bowls (the top is an inverted bowl) and then threw the knob on the wheel separately. The horse-eyes are painted with a long-haired japanese brush using black underglaze, and then the whole thing was poured with clear crackle glaze.
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Wow. Rose - you are getting really good. This piece is amazing!
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