Native cherry trees are all a bloom this time of year. One of my neighbors has a particularly beautiful native cherry tree. Last year a big branch broke off of it. He was devastated. I don't have much in common with him but our love of that cherry tree we can agree upon wholeheartedly. His tree inspired me to make this bowl.
I used slips colored with mason stains for the hand painted decoration. For the trunk I used my fingers to mottle the bark of the trunk. I begin by painting with the clay slips on a flat round piece of clay. Next I slump the decorated round clay design into a bowl form. I use a dry sponge to ease the clay into the bowl form, being careful not to mar the design. The underside is glazed in a raspberry glaze which I purposefully let drip a bit over the rim. The interior is glazed in a clear satin matt glaze. I still have this bowl in my studio display room. I might let it go to a new home this year. The bowl is about 4.5 inches tall and 10 inches across. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.
Great to have your technique. I love ornamental cherry trees.
ReplyDeleteHi Barbara, thanks, they are lovely around here; only thing is they loose their leaves very early in the fall.
ReplyDeleteNeat bowl, Linda!
ReplyDeleteHi Rian, thanks, I tried to make it again and I failed, sometimes it's just luck with certain pieces.
DeleteThat is an incredibly beautiful bowl.
ReplyDeleteI understand your neighbour's devastation too.
Hi Sue, thanks, yes it's difficult to lose or find a misshapen tree that has grown so stately over time.
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