Bowl (P153)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Henry Hammond
Title
Bowl
Made in
Farnham
Date
1977
Description
Stoneware bowl with oatmeal glaze and brush decoration on the outside.
Materials and techniques
Reduced stoneware with thin oatmeal glaze and brush decoration. Thrown. Biscuit fired to 980 deg. C; glaze fired to 1300 deg. C.
Dimensions
height: 15cm
diameter: 31cm
Object number
P153
Category
Maker's statement
For me the bowl has always held a central place in potting - it is for me a symbol of the eternal; its inner emptiness contains all things and yet nothing. A good bowl should give the impression of continual growth.