Bowl with Return Sides (P161)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Alan Caiger-Smith
Title
Bowl with Return Sides
Made in
Aldermaston
Date
1977
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware bowl decorated with brushed lustre glaze in abstract patterns of dark reds, silver, and green.
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with brush decorated dark red lustre glaze turning to silver/green inside. Thrown. Opaque tin glaze fired at 1050 deg. C in wood-fired kiln and fired for the lustre reduction at 670 deg. C.
Dimensions
diameter: 33cm
Object number
P161
Category
Maker's statement
This is rather unusual in its "decoration" perhaps because it is a containing shape and asks for different treatment from the open bowl shapes I make more often. It is an unusually deep and mysterious lustre, which I think goes well for this form.
