These bowls look like they were cast out of metal. I love the way the mangan glaze changes the appearance of the stoneware and gives it a shiny, metalic quality. The presentation of the bowls is also really cool with the shapes scratched into the sand like a zen garden.
These bowls caught my eye. The inverted shapes and colors create an odd balance along the darted corners. Square bowls always kind of baffle me because when I think of a bowl, it is always round. I enjoy looking at them, but find the practicality minimal. I like that these pieces also combine lines and curves in a different way than is normally expected, with the top edges curved upward instead of outward and the lines going up the sides instead of being curved.
This bowl by Linda Arbuckle used majolica, but the color has a much different, sharper feel to it than the historic bowls I posted about. I thought it was interested also, that his piece was made of terra cotta instead of the stoneware or porcelain I normally think of for dishes. The notched edges work well with the painted design she used and they create another layer to the bowl's appearance.
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