Wabi-Sabi is an ancient worldview based in Zen Buddhism. It is “centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection.” -Tess Buckley. This aesthetic has deeply influenced the Asian ceramic tradition and has become an iconic style of handmade pottery across the world. Typically, this work “is a symbol of purity and simplicity in which they are handmade and irregularly shaped, with uneven shape, glaze, cracks and a beauty in the deliberate imperfection.” -Tess Buckley

This deeply textured bowl has an eroded, aged finish and includes the black, incomplete circular brushstroke, called “enso”, that serves as the Zen-Buddhist symbol for Wabi-Sabi. It is said to represent “infinite motion: always moving, never standing still”. The black ceramic orb is meant to evoke this circular motion when the vessel is held and rocked.

Cone 6 stoneware bowl with kohiki engobe technique, and raku-fired orb