Now for the wacky bowl... which is NOT (as I first thought) a very wacky looking bowl... but rather a bowl that's formed by "wacking" the clay with a stick or whatever. So, starting with a rolled slab of clay, one places the clay over a flexible spherical form (like a foam ball) perched atop something to hold it off the table.
Then after a little "hand shaping", begin "wacking" at the bowl to leave an impression (like the line one gets when using the edge of a square piece of wood). Mostly I had no idea what I was doing but the "wacking" was good exercise.
A little footing to allow the rounded bottom to be secure... and a week spent drying out. Glazing heavily (Kathy's Opal Blue in this case) and after a vacation in the kiln, out comes a pretty decent "wacky bowl". I might try another!!
Name: Wacky Bowl
Date: July 2009
Clay: #112 Standard
Glaze: Kathy's Opal Blue
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