It feels good to return to a familiar form, familiar idea. This is one I haven’t visited for sometime. This is a wide open offering bowl for a ceremony. I like the three lip pull mimicking opening petals, welcoming pollination in a way. The idea of inviting others to participate not just witness an event is so powerful and has been a powerful experience for me in my life. I look forward to bringing more of these to life.
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Posted by Pam
I just love the technicolor outcome of this bowl. This is a series of layered glazes I was testing. Recently I read about an artist (I wish I had written down who it was) suggesting the spontaneity and magic of glaze layering and she is so right! I have now taken some of these combinations and applied them to ‘actual’ work so we’ll see what happens!
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Posted by Pam
The form has met my intention, finally, in the glazing.
Amen is all I have to say about that…for now
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Posted by Pam
I am excited to have developed this idea to the point of putting it out into the world. These vessels thrown in porcelain have the potential to be many things. Each one is unique, no two alike, and can embody the intention given to it by its keeper.
Perhaps a votive alight to celebrate the coming of the Solstice, an important passage in life, or the coming together of two people in a commitment ceremony.
Perhaps its intention is as a tithing or giving bowl, gathering of sacred objects or in the offerings of others during a sacred ceremony.
The possible intentions are many, and may be known only to you, the recipient.
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