Greenpike
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Hey all.
I've just been sent some progress shots from my potter for feedback and I thought you might like a peek...
It's the foreground bowl, obviously, and it's oversized by 12.5% for kiln shrinkage. I actually was lucky as there was a perfectly shaped bowl for my left hand in the store. It was then a matter of discussing how I like to hold it, that the lip has to come in a bit to prevent escape and the type of ridges I like. All this bespokeness for $30!
We still have the strap handle to go for the thumb and then funky glazes. This could become a very reasonably priced P&C bulk buy if people are interested.
I've just been sent some progress shots from my potter for feedback and I thought you might like a peek...
It's the foreground bowl, obviously, and it's oversized by 12.5% for kiln shrinkage. I actually was lucky as there was a perfectly shaped bowl for my left hand in the store. It was then a matter of discussing how I like to hold it, that the lip has to come in a bit to prevent escape and the type of ridges I like. All this bespokeness for $30!
We still have the strap handle to go for the thumb and then funky glazes. This could become a very reasonably priced P&C bulk buy if people are interested.
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I'll be interested in how these turn out. Bowl depth looks good with good grooving. A lot of grooved bowls have some vertical grooves as well but I don't know that that would worry me that much as I use a small breakfast bowl (ceramic) for travel (which looks like it might be similar size and shape to this bowl) and I'm just as happy to lather in that even though it's a totally smooth surface. Depends on the soap but if I can paste the soap on the bottom of the bowl then the grooves don't seem to be absolutely critical. The downside of radical grooving is the clean up is harder as there is often soap residue left in the grooves. My Bronze Warrior bowl is a good example of this. I often have to clean it up with a hand/nail brush to remove soap residue.
