The tall vessel at the centre of this photo is Piece 1787: a form built by hand, with a torn rim and a heavily worked, craggy surface, its dark clay crumbly and lumpen with coarse grit. It stands between two other pieces from the same shoot. Its height and narrow proportions read closer to a rough beaker than a neat cup, so the page leaves its form for the eye to judge.
What stands out about Piece 1787’s surface? It is unusually coarse and craggy — a dark, lumpy, heavily textured wall rising to a torn rim. Piece 1787 of 10,000, listed at $17.87.
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