Emily Trespas
2.5 inches high | 7.5 inches diameter
Earthenware Clay
2013
For months I stepped back from this blog to focus on other things. When I recently re-visited blogs I follow and have not read in months, I was enamored by Kristen's invitation for the drawing challenge: Everyday Objects.
BOWL
Bowls serve many purposes; they contain, transport, and display. Today I went by the kiln house to find my fired pinch pots and slumped vessel projects from last month. Years passed since I worked in clay and this fall I felt compelled to wedge the wet earth into something both practical and beautiful. I needed to touch, form and decorate.
I slumped the bowl (pictured) over a plaster mold before carving its irregular sawtooth edge, and drawing into its surface with sgraffito. Glazing was another experiment as I did not know what would happen during the firing over scratched passages and overlapping coats.
From soil, this bowl:
I missed reading A Sunny Spot
and was thrilled to catch up on Kristen's—and other artists'—posts
who participate weekly in the drawing challenge. Please visit A Sunny Spot and see
how other artists transformed the mundane, ordinary and
Everyday Object into art.
10 comments:
WOW! Emily such a great bowl! it's funny I have been thinking about hand building too...and thought I might get it in sometime in the new year-
This is very inspiring! and so good to have you back in the challenge! Missed you - hugs!
What an amazing piece! The shadows paint new patterns again, which confused me about the real shape and colours...stunning effect!
bowls are one of my favorite objects
and you made a beauty!
nice to see you in the dc again
x
Patrice A.
your experiment really does show up in a great success, i love the result and i also take to your explanations, both on the workings and the fact you needed a stand back from virtual reality.
it is really lovely, this bowl.
n♥
Just a very stunning post, nothing every day about these ordinary objects, the humble bowl! So glad to see you beck in Blogland!
-sus
This is an awesome bowl. QUESTION: May I refer to it as The Horseshoe Crab Bowl?
Hi Emily, Your bowl is beautiful. I love the sharp pointed edges and the shadows created from them. The backside with your signature has a very earthy feel, which I also love. Have a great week!
Functional Art. Brilliant. Love it. Norma, x
I love this, congratulations! Is this what we call in Spanish "bruñido" (burnished)?
the first picture of this post caught my attention being, and gave me a job "to understand" it was a bowl. I love it!
I like the "play" of light and shadows :)
we're playing again! the new drawing challenge theme is up! we'd love to have you. n♥
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