Cobalt-Grid Porcelain bowl

basketweave-porcelain-cobalt-bowl.jpgbasketweave-porcelain-cobalt-bowl-side.jpgWhen I was in Japan, I used to do cobalt underglaze on porcelain more than anything else. It was a style born out of the fact that I can’t read glaze colors in Japanese.  There are a lot of traditional designs and motifs, usually used on fabric, which lend themselves well to the concave surface of a bowl.  This is one of the easiest.