Unglazed Earthenware: The True Color of Clay

A set of completely unglazed pottery. The surface is the original color of the clay after firing: reddish-brown, grayish-pink, or dark brown, with a rough, granular texture, showing the spiral marks and finger impressions from wheel-throwing; the bottom of the vessels has kiln marks. The shapes are simple wide-mouthed bowls, tall slender bottles, and shallow plates, not perfectly symmetrical. They absorb light, with no highlights under illumination. Avoid: using smooth glazed ceramics, adding painted decorations and patterns, using perfectly symmetrical mass-produced items, making the surface of the vessels smooth without spiral marks.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組完全沒有上釉的陶器。表面是土坯燒成後的原色:赭褐、灰粉或深褐,質地粗糙有顆粒,可以看到手拉坯的旋紋與指痕;器物的底部有窯燒的痕跡。形狀是簡單的寬口缽、高瘦的瓶與淺盤,不完全對稱。它們吸光,在光下沒有任何亮點。避免:使用有釉面的光滑陶瓷、加入彩繪與圖案、使用形狀完美對稱的量產品、讓器物的表面平滑無旋紋。