Tuesday, July 01, 2008

the raw and the finished




(raw, just thrown wet pots, and then the next day one of them finished, plus a disgraceful looking potter with a NEW MUG he just gave himself)
Tink's weekly photo challenge is raw and finished. The missus picked 22 dollars worth of strawberries last Saturday for jam and I was remembering that customers in summer might want berry bowls.
I think berry bowls are a little stupid, because I am an anarcho-punk and I furnish my kitchen with pots that have pigs and elephants on them.
But the point is, I do make a cute berry bowl, with either strawberries or blueberries or even apples or grapes on the side. SEE WAY ABOVE for a totally finished and glazed blueberry bowl. So, a berry bowl is a serving bowl with holes in the bottom and a small dish to set it upon. This way, you wash the berries and just set the whole thing on the table.
This morning I couldn't decide to make this one a blueberry OR strawberry berry bowl and so I put both on there.

7 comments:

Fortune Cookies said...

I love love love the berry bowl! gary, you're my pottery hero!

Tink said...

I eat berries too quickly to designate an entire bowl to them! But the bowl is cute anyway. ;)

Karen said...

Now I gotta be gettin me one of them berry bowls! Soon as there is some extra cash around here I'm placing a special order.
Oh and are you sleeping with Tink on the side? Seems many weeks the words are just meant to be easy for you! Just sayin.

Newt said...

As soon as Tink posted the words for this week I thought about how perfect they were for you. Very nice job.

Reb said...

Oh, I like those berry bowls. Your new mug is very cute too.

Chatty said...

I LOVE that berry bowl! And, the picture of you at the very top of your blog is really really good. Who took it?

Mona Buonanotte said...

You are a genius with the berry bowl! I'm lovin' the catapillar mug too.