bowls

Deborah Schwartzkopf Thrown on the wheel and hand built Elegantly done with the Ivory glaze and a touch of color. the shape makes me think of a gravy dish but turly id love to have soup out of one.

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The bright white are just the begining of the brilliance of this set the texture in the structual lines on the outside of these bowls adds all the class with a modern style.



Kristen Kieffer  These stamped bowls with earth tones look almost like the came from India or Persia. I would very much like to try more in the way of stamps.

bowls...

I like Paul Mathieu's bowls because the way he made and painted were detail and complimentary to each other, especially the way the lips of bowls are jagged. The first bowl made me think about a being in a flower garden. The second bowl made me, in a funny way, think about a broken egg.

The third picture features a bowl from 1486 and 1582. The scene presented in the bowl is based on a story from Metamorphoses (III: 138-252) where the figures are based on Marcantonio Raimondi. I liked the chosen colors contrasted with each other to give a sharp look. The bowl in the fourth picture is from around 1520 and was created for a customer who wanted hero and heroines of ancient times. I liked the soft and smooth colors, which gave a gentle and heroic look.

Assignment 3

Historic and contemporary bowls

Tenth-century (Five dynasties) green ware bowl and stand carved with lotus petals, unearthed at the Huqiu Pagoda in Suzhou.
 I really like the detail that was put into this bowl and the outside thinking that when into it's uniqueness.

Aztec Bowl.
I find this bowl interesting because of all the detail that went into either the inlay or glaze.

Contemporary

This is a Portuguese bowl. I really like the simpleness to it but yet the unique design. 

Historic & Contemporary bowls

Historic

This is a tea bowl by the Japanese, dated back to 960. I find it pretty impressive that bowls like this made from so long ago look so uniform and good.

Here is another tea bowl by the Japanese, dated back to 1516. This one is quite unique and different from the previous. Rather then being thrown on the wheel, this one was molded by hand (of which I especially like).

                                                                       Contemporary

This thrown bowl by Masayoshi Oya I found interesting because of the small, thin bottom on it compared to how wide the bowl is. Also, to see how thin the bowl actually is.

This bowl by Michel Conroy is very interesting and cool. The bowl was thrown and also assembled. I find it interesting because usually when I think of a bowl, I think of it being circular, rather with this one it is just different.

Amanda Bury-Assignment 3 Post

Historic:

 Tea bowl, ca. 1575
Tanaka Chôjirô (?), (Japanese, 1516–?1592)
Japan
Rough clay covered with a dull black glaze; 

three spur marks of iron supports (Raku ware)

-This piece is hand built not thrown, I found its old and rustic look and its uneven rim, looking almost purpose-full to be very interesting. 

Monochrome bowls, 1st century A.D.
Roman; From Syria
Opaque cast glass

-These pieces are glass not clay although they look very deceiving. I liked that they were all different sizes but held the same basic curve, foot and lip shape, this makes them look like a set.

Contemporary:

Kristen Kieffer / Small stamped bowls, stack
Title: Small stamped bowls, stack
Artist: Kristen Kieffer
Date: 2009
Technique: Thrown & Altered

-I REALLY like Kristen Kieffers stamping on these bowls. I was a little adverse to do any sort of slip work, or altering of any sort this first bowl assignment, however, i think after seeing this i would like to try and do some stamp work with the next assignment of 25 bowls.

Deborah Schwartzkopf / Pouring Bowls
Title: Pouring Bowls
Series Title:
Artist: Deborah Schwartzkopf
Date: 2012
Technique: Wheel Thrown and Handbuilt

-These pieces threw me off a little bit, i just thought why would you wheel throw these in the first place? Why not just hand build them. However i suppose for the sheer fact of time efficiency and evenness of curves and thickness wheel throwing the bottom half of these then handbuilding the top part would work best. I just found these interesting, i did also find myself asking why one would need 3 pouring bowls. Seems like a lot of gravy to me. =P