Robert Fornell

Rob Fornell is a local teaware artist who teaches on occassion at the University of Washington and Seward Park Clay Studio. At the workshop he was generous in helping me make a purchase from Inayoshi Osamu. If I'm good, one day I'll reward myself with one of his chawans.

Look, Ma - no bottom! All the tea bowls Rob was making started out as thrown or hand-formed rings.

Trimming the inside of some hand-built tea bowls that have yet to have bottoms attached. Since I couldn't make the second day, I didn't get to see (or photograph) how he put things together and finished them off - so sad.

A chawan at the 2012 Teaware From The Edge Exhibit.

Tengu-yu Chawan from Rob's March 2011 show at the Cavin-Morris Gallery.

Tengu Chawan 3 from Rob's Oct/Nov 2011 show at The Nevica Project.

Also from the Nevica Project show, two photos of Black Iron Chawan 2. The foot on this chawan appears to be made from a slab pressed onto a mold with lettering on it, then stretched out before being attached - something Rob demonstrated at the workshop.

A Kohiki chawan as seen at Oakwood Ceramics.

From Rob's Flickr photos - go see more!

A chawan at the A Lasting Impression show at Shoreline Community College during NCECA 2012.