I guess I should attach a footnote on that title. The attempted tea tray which was going to be a gamble anyway that is in the back, and bone dry, did not survive the night. I went to pick it up by its edge, and SNAP! I am sure I don't need to tell any tea drinkers on the forum a tea tray is only useful if it can actually hold the water.
I have two carved pieces attempting to mimic Kaneta Masanao and his carved pieces ( far right). One I hope to be a yunomi, the taller thinner one I hope to be a flower vase. Two teabowls are missing from this line up. Above you see two more teabowls, and two pinchwork yunomis of slightly different shapes.
These pieces while I am working on making a fluid piece throughout the entire piece, they are sort of a tale of two sides. What do I mean by that, well lets look at the yunomi feet.
While I like these strong very apparent feet, they are very geometric in nature, compared to the rather fluid and ebbing and flowing nature of the pinch work sides. I can only hope these survive bisque firing. Then it will be time to glaze them and prepare them for the firing in early May.
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