An idea to make a tray to carry a couple of tea bowls to the table came to me yesterday. I thought of an organic shaped tray with a wood feel and natural clay colors. Although I did add some blue and yellow stains as well. I made the depressions for the tea bowls after I added the stains. I don't care for the interruption of the swirls. I think next time I'll make the depressions first and then add the stains.
The size of the pinched tea bowls is larger than I envisioned for this tray. Since they are separate I can always make a larger tray for these bowls and smaller tea bowls for this tray.
I added some swirls of stain inside the cups but that may detract from seeing the tea in the bowl, maybe not. Still they'd be nice bowls for rice, soup, or salad. I may make a few more of these trays. I might even make a pinched tea pot. It's been a couple of weeks since I've made anything in clay. Got to get back in the groove. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.
