One of a Kind Bowl by Weston Neil Andersen Early Fifties or Late Forties. 5.5 inches in diameter and 4 inches tall

The bowl appears to be thrown suggesting that Weston may have created it when he was in Ohio. It is decorated in a wonderfully organic abstract pattern, identifying the decorator as Weston, rather than Brenda. The white rim on the outside of the bowl is uneven giving the work a humanistic appeal .The pattern is intuitive taking on a resemblance to a hieroglyphic alphabet arising from the personal sub conscience of the creator.

The outside of the bowl must have been glazed in white and the pattern painted in wax before being brushed with a deep navy blue color. The inside of the bowl was probably painted before being glazed in white picking up the rimmed effect created by the wheel throwing technique, and utilizing the way the color skips over some areas so that the white becomes more prominent in one area producing an organic form as if a leaf had fallen into the bowl during the making process.

This early work by Weston reflects his organic and natural philosophy about ceramic decoration.