Please help me identify this bowl - Collecting Tiki

F fatuhiva Member Melbourne Beach, FL Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 638	F fatuhiva Posted posted on Tue, Jan 20, 2004 10:37 PM It looks like an Orchids style bowl to me- although the glaze isnt very orchids-like. I have a few non-orchids varieties of that style of bowl (the Kon Tiki/Trader Vic style figure) that differ slightly in the appearance of the figure (some are fatter, some are cruder, etc) Its possible it was a hobby-made bowl- usually you can tell this by excessive warpage of the bowl to where it looks like it got jiggled before firing. Anyway the reason the feet arent painted is because they have to leave the parts that touch the kiln unglazed, or it will glaze itself to the kiln shelf during firing.

It looks like an Orchids style bowl to me- although the glaze isnt very orchids-like. I have a few non-orchids varieties of that style of bowl (the Kon Tiki/Trader Vic style figure) that differ slightly in the appearance of the figure (some are fatter, some are cruder, etc)

Its possible it was a hobby-made bowl- usually you can tell this by excessive warpage of the bowl to where it looks like it got jiggled before firing.

Anyway the reason the feet arent painted is because they have to leave the parts that touch the kiln unglazed, or it will glaze itself to the kiln shelf during firing.

Post #71308 by fatuhiva on Tue, Jan 20, 2004 10:37 PM