Ceramic Bowl: Michael Jones | Potter

A dark plum field, a pale speckled shore and a net of cream lines hung between them.

This ceramic bowl is by potter Michael Jones, made around 2012. Trailed slip over contrasting glazes is a long-standing studio pottery technique, usually applied quickly so each line keeps its gesture. The upper half is a deep brown-purple crossed by a cream lattice, every strand ending in a small bead. Below, a pale gray glaze is heavily flecked with brown and crossed by fine dark lines. The shape is broad and shallow, close to a platter. It is 21 inches in diameter and 3 high.

Half sea, half sky, and settled in one confident pass.