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Yume-Ceramics — Celadon with Iron swirl bowl
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Handmade stoneware bowl by Yume 2007.Thrown and glazed.
190mm diameter.
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Simple. Yet, I find that beauty lies within simple things a great deal. I see the people in the school studio doing the Jackson Pollack thing much of the time not realizing that the color of unfired glaze does not come out the same color as fired glaze despite being told like 1,000,000,000 times otherwise. Hoping to stumble onto something new they splatter, double dip, stain, and apply a plethora of other techniques to their impatiently made pots only to find out that they can’t glaze greenware.
Yes, this is the dilemma of the student and we have all been there at one point. In the beginning we strive to use our skills acquired from other classes which demand us to think critically. We set to the task of making art in the same way we would write a paper or give an oral presentation. We mask the fact that we are approaching the task of making art the way that we perceive others think we should by experimenting not for experimenting’s sake, but instead to achieve a desired result already arrived at subconsciously.
Is there something wrong to this approach in itself? No, indeed. Yet, if we , rather if one wishes to achieve the desired effect preconceived in expectation of an idea's fulfillment shouldn't ones standards be re-evaluated ?
I think so. If one wants to stumble upon something new one has set eyes on something that will never be. Children exhibit awareness of this fact because of the nature that is exclusive to their intrinsic inquisitiveness. To a child nothing in the world is new it is just that they are new to it. As a result when the sun shines in their eyes they see the light as a gift.
A tree can be a brown line and a brown line can be a tree with no one approving of such thought on the basis of an obtained degree.
Likewise when I see a simple iron swirl in an age old celadon form, I applaud it as a wonderful trick.
Your Bowl: Symmetrical, functional, and lovely.
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Your comment: Inspiring and wondrous.
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That's a great effect with the Iron! I'll have to remember that.
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