SHADOW BOWLS
We are used to interpreting form by using the shadows around it. Here I am exploring the use of opposing areas of grey or white “shadow” on the bowl form to deceive the eye and to surprise perception as you move around it. I am assuming that these bowls will carry liquid.
The shadows reflect the necessity of using available shade wisely, and where there are holes they act as a reminder that water leaks and evaporates and needs to be conserved carefully.
Hand built from porcelain with added layers of slip and oxides and fired several times. Metals are used to deform and melt into the clay in the heat of the kiln. After the first firing, fine copper wire is stitched through the holes and when the bowl is high fired, it melts into the clay body.
Shadow Bowl Two
Large Shadow Bowl, wandering 5 hole chevron, grey porcelain, oxides, copper. 265 x 135 mm SOLD
Chevron Bowl One
Large Shadow Bowl. 5 hole chevron/half & half. Grey porcelain, oxides, copper. 265 x 135 mm SOLD
Shadow Bowl Three
Medium shadow bowl, 3 hole chevron, half & half. Light grey porcelain, oxides, copper. 220 x 100 mm
Shadow Bowl Four
Medium Shadow Bowl, 3 hole chevron, half & half. Light grey porcelain, oxides, copper. 220 x 100 mm
Small Random Shadow Bowl
Small shadow bowl, random marks, Light grey porcelain slip over porcelain, oxides, copper. 220 x 100 mm
Large Shadow Bowl. Porcelain, copper.
Large porcelain shadow bowl. Three copper lacing chevrons on outside making vertical lines on the inside.slip, fired several times
Drawing with Bowls
A thinking drawing of early Shadow Bowls ideas 300 x 200 mm.
Porcelain Shadow Bowls.