The first bowl is 2 inches tall and 5.5 inches wide. It is more shallow and wide compared to deeper and round. It has clear glaze with a ton of green stained dots on both the inside and outside of one quarter section of the bowl to create a pattern. The clear glaze shows the gritty texture of the clay and gives the bowl a natural, earthy look. The second bowl is 2.5 inches tall and 4.75 inches wide. It has white glaze on the outside and the inside is striped with different shades of blue and green. To create this, I put different glazes (cobalt blue, mystery blue, and two or three more) in the bottom of the bowl and used a brush to mix and sweep the glaze up the sides of the bowl. This created a striped pattern that goes towards the center and the mixture of the different colors gives a marbelized look. I did not use any new skills when making these bowls, however they were my first pieces in three years so I had to re-learn how to throw. Although these pieces are different in shape (one is short and wide the other taller and thinner) and in pattern, they are actually quite similar. The blues and greens used in the second piece compliment the green dots in the first. These natural colors create an ocean flow, with a cold feeling. Because the stripes are not perfect lines and the dots are not perfect circles, both pieces give an organic look. They are roughly the same size and can fit nicely inside of eachother, so they still work as a set.
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