Throwing progress: Jan 2020
above, some of my other types of vessel made early this month: as per advice in my crit, i will leave these for now to give me time to focus in real depth on teabowl forms.
one of the more promising bowl forms: a diminutive teabowl with clean, flowing lines, made with minimal turning. the slightly more upright curves of the bowl are reminiscent of some korean teabowls.
much of the progress i made this month was undertaken independently, before i’d got detailed feedback from tutors at the end of the month. as such, i was just working on what seemed to me to be useful, practicing throwing on the hump to create a series of forms. to the left are some of the bowls i made, which span from small teabowl forms (far left) to shallower, wider bowls that are almost platter forms. in almost all forms i left throwing rings on to at least some degree. i started to experiment with different foot shapes (and also tried four or five bowls without feet at all - but quickly decided the more modern quality it imparted wasnt really right for me).
above: practicing a simple ring foot. the same form is pictured below: overall it is rather too chunky/not thrown delicately enough. however, i like how my turning on this form has created a visibly distinct foot; a subtly dynamic quality is starting to emerge, between the shape of the foot and the bowl.
