Now and Later

Posted by Rabbit (Richmond, United States) on 23 August 2007 in Art & Design.

These are two bowls hand thrown on the wheel and then altered. I love these two bowls. I think the picture looks almost like the shape was about to be a heart. They remind me of how when you love someone you like to get wrapped up in their arms. Their names are Now and Later. I have signed and named them both on the bottom. They are in my little Spot the Pot Shop now too. ~45

I used White Stoneware fired to Cone 10 the colors are an outstanding Orange to Golden Brown, Grey with speckles, Deep Black as well as Shiny Black. Now measures to be about Top: 5 1/2" Wide, Bottom: 2 1/2" Wide, Tall: 3 1/2" While Later is a bit shorter and wider measuring Top: 6" Wide, Bottom: 2 1/2" Wide, Tall: 3 1/8" it also has the same colors (as well as a small "blush" of blue)

Blushing on a piece of pottery happens when the pieces are fired and the pieces are very close together - well sometimes some of the properties of one glaze are pulled toward a nearby pot creating a small area that is a different color. You can see the BLUSH in this photo - its on the left pot!

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Comments (9)

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Neat bowls an a very nice shot, I like the tones!

23 Aug 2007 2:30am

Maysam from Tehran, Iran

wooooow
nice color and pic

23 Aug 2007 6:14am

R from Nowhere and Everywhere, United States

Very cool picture ..... AWESOME bowl too !

23 Aug 2007 7:20am

ChaCha from United States

Me like! :d

23 Aug 2007 8:58am

Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom

Great photo of some lovely pots. My thoughts were Yin and Yang! - I'm having one of those days full of coincidences and feelings of deja vu. the last 2 photos I've looked at before yours were Lorraines with that wonderful Scarlet O'Hara of a sunrise to Brian's blushing pink sunset and then to here with your wonderful warm colours and lovers arm shapes and more blushing...

(PS - you'll have to explain again about the blushing blue as I couldn't see it unless it is that touch of colour at the tip of the lovers 'arm' at the bottom of the photo)

23 Aug 2007 10:55am

@Ian Bramham: ahhh - GREAT question on the Blushing... my apologies - you cannot see the BLUSH in this photo however i will update my comment and put a link where you can see the blush. How unthoughtful of me not to have considered the view and that the "blushing" cannot be seen in this angle. Here is a photo of the blush spot - it is on the left pot. I notice it looks almost like a little bruise ;)