Small golden bowl

hi ed:
it's hard to tell from the picture, but what first struck me was how the thick, rough, textured outside (which i love) conflicts with inside gold-leaf, which has a more refined, formal feel to it. wonder if it needs some sort of transition.

nice experimentation! keep it up.

The uneven textured edge on this piece works for me. I have tried to do textured edges like this in the past and they were on even-rimmed pieces. A couple of folks commented that made them look like ashtrays. This one couldn't be confused with an ashtray.

Maybe a different transition would work better. The textured outside looks nice. The 2 colors work well together.

Thanks guys. As far as transition, do you mean maybe a different rim treatment? Contrasting both the outside texture and the inner gold?

ed... could be just the picture ... but my eyes see the beautiful, rough, outside texture (including the rim), however my mind sees the goldleaf--bright, formal, glossy. again, it may be that the gold is hard to demonstrate in photography, but it's as if there's two different pieces -- by transition, i'm thinking how the two could merge into one.

it's a beautiful piece and one i'd love to see in person.

I've got some new ideas in mind for other treatments, but I'm going to keep this transition thought in the back of my head. Usually I find I have better results when I stop trying to figure out answers, then suddenly an answer will just apear to me.

This is just a tiny bowl, only 4", but it just feels good in my hands and it has become my favorite piece.. so far Thanks for the nice compliments

Ed...Don't change a thing. It works as is. A transition on a piece of this size can clutter things up and make things too busy. Look at a geode....there is no transition between the rough exterior and the brilliant crystals inside. Your are the artist....Go with your gut.....You know what the work needs.....AND....Only you know when the work is complete.

Remember, everyone has an opinion. But, yours is the only one that matters here.