2. Form: A three-dimensional object having volume
and thickness.
Color: Comes from the three primaries and black
and white. They have three properties – hue,
value, and intensity.
Texture: The tactile qualities of a surface (actual)
or to the visual representation of such surface
qualities (implied).
3. Unity: Achieved when the parts of a work of
art are perceived as harmonious, giving the
work a sense of completion.
Emphasis: The created center of interest, the
place in an artwork where your eye first lands
5. Used during “social events”
The bowl creates a connection between host
and guest
As bowls are used over time, they change and
mature
Bowls are given poetic names by the artists
who makes them
Their name is written on a custom-made
wooden box that holds the bowl
6. Tea Bowls is “Chawan” in Japanese
They are available in a wide range of sizes
and styles.
Different styles are used for thick and thin
tea.
Shallow bowls, which allow the tea to cool
rapidly, are used in summer
Deep bowls are used in winter
7. Bowls over four hundred years old are in use
today, but only on unusually special
occasions.
The best bowls are thrown by hand, and
some bowls are extremely valuable through
the pinching technique.
Irregularities and imperfections are prized:
they are often featured as the "front" of the
bowl.
8. Some Tea Bowls are created on pottery
wheels.
These bowls are symmetrically balanced.
9. Beside using a wheel, Japanese artists would
use a “pinching” technique to make a Tea
Bowl.
These bowls are more organic and unique!
10. Tea Bowls today are created on the wheel in
bulk
These bowls can be purchased inexpensively
Some bowls are actually made to look like
they were done with the pinching technique,
yet actually on the wheel
11. Chawan (Tea Bowls) created by Japan’s most
famous potters can be worth hundreds to
thousands of dollars
They inscribe their names on the bottom
Price goes even higher!
12. Roll a ball of clay – bigger the ball, bigger the
bowl
Press thumb in the middle of the ball
Between thumb and pointy finger, pinch the walls
up as your working around in a spiral.
14. To complete your soon-to-be Tea Bowl, add
a coil base.
Roll a piece of clay like a worm, leaving it a
little thick.
Wrap around to make it look like a bracelet
Wet the top of the circular coil or “bracelet”
and place pot on it.
Smear the coil and pot together where it
connects.
15. How will you design your Japanese Tea Bowl?
Will your Tea Bowl have decorations?
Will your Tea Bowl have different colors?
Before using clay, let’s design our Tea Bowl!
Grab a piece of paper and sketch out how you
want your bowl to look! Color it!
Get Creative!
