Domburi

This is a Domburi, I'm thinking of making a set (5) or two, for the show, I really don't know what to make to be honest. And I think this is a little small, usually the ones i see around are usually bigger, like the size of a small Ramen bowl. This one is 500 grams if I remember correctly, I also threw the lid from a 500 gram ball of clay and just trimmed the vast majority away, its easier for me to throw right off the bat than it is to throw off the hump, which is what everybody here does, maybe I'll go into that some other time.

Maybe this size is best for ocha-zuke, a kind of rice and hot tea soup. I'm a little nervous, I've always just done what I like to do, and to be honest, being from the West, my sense of design, ascetic, and even what what I think counts as a "bowl" just can't be taken for granted. I don't know how many times people have asked me, what's that? When I've thought to myself, clearly its a bowl! Its a little stressful sometimes, but maybe its an advantage to be different as much as its a handicap, or at least its probably better to think like that. My Sensei who is helping me tremendously, and without her I wouldn't be doing this at all, she's given me some round about pointers, like people like sets of things that are all the same shape and size, and also, just do what ever you you feel like. So, okay she's the one who asked me to do this, so she must think my work is "good enough." By the way, I made this photo box in a closet in my apt.