This bowl will be a lovely addition to any tablescape. It is made with a durable stoneware clay and is safe for the microwave and dishwasher. 

Hand thrown on a potters wheel and decorated with a dimensional pinstripe pattern. Wax resist is applied by hand and the result is the orange pattern embedded in the variegated turquoise speckled matte glaze. The inside is glazed with a glossy, grey celadon glaze. All glazes are food safe and the bowl is completely microwave and dishwasher safe.

Bowl measures approximately 5" tall, 8.5" wide

Maker's Statement

My work, at first glance, may seem simple and utilitarian. It is functional dinnerware and made to be used. Although every piece is hand thrown and unique, they are production pieces. Like any piece of well conceived art, however, a great deal of thought and many years of learning had to happen for my work to be the way it is. This could be truthfully said of any mass produced item, as well, but there is something lost in the automation of making. There is a reason so many of us are continuing to make pottery by hand, when technology has made it obsolete to do so.

My reasons for making pottery are diverse. I enjoy using my hands directly to create the basic shape of a piece, but I also value the disconnect that comes with the many steps involved in completing a ceramic work. It forces me to step back and think for a time about what it is I am making. Most essentially, I like repetition. The visual impact of repeated shape is satisfying. My attraction to the multiple is a unifying theme that presents itself in many of the creative things I do: printmaking, knitting, baking. Of all the mediums I have investigated pottery has become the one that best exhibits my skills as a craftsman and my opinions about art and craft.

Justifying hand crafted functional objects in an industrialized society can be tricky. We have always needed things to drink and eat from. Lately, these containers are made of plastics, Styrofoam or glass and have been so well engineered that the process of producing one is unknown by most people using them. Because of this and other factors like disposability and over-abundance, hand made pottery is no longer the most cost effective or efficient material for producing the necessary eating and drinking tools that we use everyday. By investing great care and enjoyment in the making of an object, users will find reason to take great care and enjoyment in its use...A well crafted, functional object can provide a little beauty, even in the midst of mediocrity.