Green Pinch Pot

$25.00

3.5″ x 3.5″ x 3.5″, air-dry clay

In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (侘寂) is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete” in nature. It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence (三法印, sanbōin), specifically impermanence (無常, mujō), suffering (苦, ku) and emptiness or absence of self-nature (空, kū).

This green pinch pot I made with air dry clay definitely fits the concept of “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”, which is my intention.

Green Pinch Pot by Fan Stanbrough
Green Pinch Pot by Fan Stanbrough
Green Pinch Pot by Fan Stanbrough
Green Pinch Pot by Fan Stanbrough
Green Pinch Pot by Fan Stanbrough
Green Pinch Pot by Fan Stanbrough
Green Pinch Pot by Fan Stanbrough
Green Pinch Pot by Fan Stanbrough

Background of Pinch Pot:

A pinch pot is a simple form of hand-made pottery produced from ancient times to the present. The pinching method is to create pottery that can be ornamental or functional, and has been widely employed across culture.

Simple clay vessels such as bowls and cups of various sizes can be formed and shaped by hand using a methodical pinching process in which the clay walls are thinned by pinching them with thumb and forefinger. It is a basic pot making method often taught to young children or beginners.

The process begins with a ball of clay. Thumbs are pushed into the center, and then rudimentary walls are created by pinching and turning the pot. The pot is then pushed on a flat surface to create a flat surface, thereby creating the base. A base can be made by rolling three coils and pressing them together, and then onto the bottom of the pot. Pinched, compressed clay may also be used as a base for building coil pots. The base of the pot is less prone to cracking when formed this way. (Wikipedia)

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