About this Product
Hand Carved Bas-Relief Hydrangea Bowl
Bowl measures: 2-7/8" high x 5-3/4" wide. (7.30 cm high x 14.6 cm wide)
Holds approximately 2-1/2 cups of liquid (20 ounces)
This bowl weighs 15.7 ounces (444 grams)
Inside top portion is glazed with a glossy, Seaweed green, which drips down approximately 2” from the rim, and a Food Safe, Lead Free Glossy Clear, over the chartreuse colored bottom, inside.
If you're using this bowl as a Matcha tea bowl, the inside of the bowl is smooth as to not damage the bamboo whisk prongs (chasen). Typically, Matcha bowls should be between 4-1/2 - 5 inches in diameter, to accommodate the whisk for frothing, easy to pick up with a smooth rim for drinking. This bowl is 5-3/4" wide. Half cylinder shape if using this bowl as a chawan, or tea bowl.
Glazed with dinnerware safe glazes.
Standard 365 Porcelain Clay.
Fired to Cone 6 (2232 degrees F.)
Dishwasher, microwave safe.
Because of the delicate hand carving, it is best to hand wash this bowl.
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Meet the Maker
Teresa Tromp
Dennis Tromp
My son, Dennis, and I create Colored Porcelain, Functional Pottery on the potter's wheel, and/or handbuild using slabs, coils or pressing clay into a plaster or bisque mold that we wheel-throw on the potter's wheel.
There are various Colored Porcelain Clay techniques we are constantly experimenting with.
Neriage - a wheel throwing technique which involves 2 or more colored porcelain clays, spun on the wheel, integrating the colors.
Nerikomi - a hand building technique piecing together different sections of colored porcelain design, and either forming a slab built vessel or a press molded vessel.
This is perhaps the most difficult colored porcelain clay technique, as cracks can occur at any stage of the process. (the unmentionables - cracks)
Mishima - this technique can be applied to handbuilt or wheel-thrown pottery. After the greenware (or raw) clay has stiffened to leather hard stage (not quite bone dry, but dryer than wet clay) a design is engraved into the clay. The grooves, or channels created during the engraving process, are filled with a colored slip (wet, colored clay). After this dries sufficiently, the excess slip is scraped off, leaving the surface of the pottery smooth and level.
Sgraffito - sgraffito is an Italian word meaning - to scratch. This colored porcelain clay technique is the opposite of mishima. A layer of slip (wet clay) is applied to the surface of the pottery, and then a design is carved into the wet slip. This etching reveals the color underneath the slip. With sgraffito, the design is not flush to the surface of the pottery; it is slightly raised, and the etched design does not get filled in.
Relief Carving - I enjoy carving colored porcelain clay with various flowers and sometimes leaves with a bas-relief, or low relief design..
We color all of our porcelain by hand to create one of a kind color combinations.
Selling our work helps inspire the journey.
Your purchase(s), not only allow us to pay for more pottery supplies, but they also motivate us to produce a greater finished product.
Thank you to all the people who have helped inspire us along the way.
How it’s Made
This hand carved bowl was created on the potter's wheel utilizing the neriage technique of colored porcelain. I color my own Standard 365 Porcelain Clay with Mason Stains.
In this particular piece, white was placed on the potter's wheel with the addition of a blend of Chartreuse 6236 and Canary Yellow 6410, placed on top of the white. As the wheel spins, and the sides of the bowl are compressed and pulled up at the same time, it creates a swirling effect, where the two colors merge. On this bowl the Neriage effect is barely visible where the two colors meet, as the two colors did not create the swirl. Perhaps one more cone up, and push down would have created more of a spiral effect. When the porcelain clay reached leather hard stage (clay is still moist, but not wet), six equal parts were measured around the circumference to accommodate six Hydrangea bloom heads. Each hydrangea head was hand carved using rather simple carving tools. Petals were carved in low relief. Leaves, also bas-relief, were kept closer to the bowl surface, as the attention goes to the blooms.
This bowl was glaze fired (second firing) to cone 6 (2232ºF)
Shop Policies
Processing Time:
Weather permitting, we ship between 1 to 3 business days from your order date.
Shipping Rate:
$5. Flat rate United States. I prefer to ship our pottery Priority Mail with tracking number.
Return Policy:
You may return your pottery to us within 14 days of its tracking number delivery. Customer is responsible for return shipping charges.
Shipping Pottery: When packing your pottery for shipping, I will always pad the box with plastic pillows, and recycled newspaper. Each item is wrapped in bubble wrap.
Care Instructions:
Most of our pottery is dishwasher, microwave and oven safe (up to 400ºF), however it is always best to handwash handmade pottery, especially if there is delicate carving on the vessel.
For oven use, we recommend placing in a cold oven and heating to 400°F maximum. Especially important is do not place it over an open flame or stove top. DO NOT place a frozen dish directly in the oven because it will cause an extreme temperature change and may crack the vessel.
My son, Dennis, and I want you to be happy with your pottery purchase from our home based pottery studio, here in North Carolina.
We are not production potters, and do not normally create more than two items that might resemble each other in appearance. All of our pottery is one of a kind, and not duplicated.
We do not accept custom orders at this time. HOWEVER, if there is something you'd like to see in our inventory, such as a particular flower or color, or color combination, it can be inspiring to our creative process.
