– I really enjoy the whole process of throwing and shaping bowls. There is plenty of scope for freedom of expression with regard to form, there is an upper surface for interesting glaze patterns and an underside for adding an element of pleasure. When the bowl is turned over textural decoration, an individual stamped pot number and my personal mark, a small letter P will be seen. The bowl was fired with a chun glaze over an iron-rich glaze and is gloss olive where thin. Where the glaze has pooled it is rich blue and blue-grey. The centre is stamped with a lobster picked out in blue to give a marine feel reminiscent of a rock pool. The underside is more lightly glazed and the wheel-made texture is visible under a transparent olive . This bowl would make an Oriental statement on a table or shelf with or without contents and invites inquisitive handling. Equally it could be directly functional for cooking and serving a fish recipe.