Tamari Balls and Pottery by myrrhluz
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These are my sister's beautiful Tamari Balls and pottery. She made the Tamari Balls. All were photoshopped. The first one remains true to the actual appearance. Here's some info:
(Info from http://www.temarikai.com/) Temari balls are an folk art form that originated in China and were introduced to Japan five or six hundred years ago. The balls were originally made by mothers and grandmothers for the children to play with (they were used in kickball and handball games similar to the hackeysack games played around the world today). Historically they were constructed from the remnants of old kimonos. Pieces of silk fabric would be wadded up to form a ball, then the wad wrapped with strips of fabric. The silk threads would have been removed and saved and, used to first wind around the ball, then to stitch the ball firmly together (it is said that the balls were wrapped and stitched so tightly that they actually did bounce). As time moved on traditional Temari balls became an art, with the functional stitching more and more decorative and detailed, until the balls displayed very intricate embroidery.
Horse-Hair Pottery by Ronald Smith of the Salt Clan of the Navajo Tribe bought at Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa,Oklahoma. Horse hair is placed on the pottery before firing leaving markings.
Footed Bowl Pottery bought from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York. The following is from their website:
One of the most unusual and favorite objects in the Metropolitan Museums Egyptian Collection is a red-polished ware bowl with supports shaped like human feet. Although the human feet add a touch of levity to its appearance, they were not created solely as an element of humor. This ceramic form should most likely be read as the three-dimensional hieroglyph for the word meaning pure or clean. The bowl tips forward so that purified water could be spilled out onto the ground. Excavated footed bowls were found in cemeteries, as an offering of clear water for the dead. Our reproduction is a copy of a bowl from the Predynastic period (ca. 3750-3550) in Egypt.
The last piece of pottery was bought in Scagway, Alaska and she didn't have any further info on it.
I almost forgot, they are sitting on a quilt my sister made.
Thanks for viewing and previous comments and favs!
Comments (24)
elfin14doaks
Your sister does gorgeous work and so do you. I love the bottom photo shopped one. I don't know why but I just really love it. Great shoto and post work too.
goathead76
Ha, my grandmother had a bowl that was just like the footed one in your picture, not sure where she acquired it though. I used to take it down and use it as an imaginary walking transport for toys. Thank you for reminding me of it. I like the bottom filter effect the best, it suits the picture well.
goodoleboy
Stellar array of effects employed with these beautiful multicolored/textured Tamari balls! Glowing edges filter on the last one?
MagikUnicorn
Great Photoshop F/X
myrrhluz
Thanks for all comments! Yep. Glowing edges filter on the last one.
moochagoo
I like the one in the middle. Quite interesting work.
Sea_Dog
Beautiful collage. The balls and pottery are spectacular. Well done.
frankie96
Great collage...like one and three...have to check out glowing filer edges..
wysiwig
I was going to make some crack about "I didn't know Tamaris had...." Anyway, I liked your write-up very much. It's an attractive display from four different cultures and I like the watercolor effect in the middle image. My favorite is the bottom one. The dark sets off the color, especially on the horsehair pot.
Alz2008
wonderful work and capture, excellent well done..
Alex_Antonov
Very nice!
flavia49
fantastic work!!!
0rest4wicked
Great compistion and narration!
helanker
OH How beautiful work it is. Bot you and your sister have done great work here.
vaggabondd
Great work and awesome images of her work. they make a nice combo. has your sister seen this images? nice work
MC-Jay-One
Nice shot and postwork!
annie5
Magnific art-piece..the last one is super! Excellent capture :)
sandra46
fabulous work and very intersting pieces! I love pottery!
drifterlee
Cool effects!!
tpx1
great work!
misskitty
Oh my gosh! I love the different effects! Great work!!!!!
mgtcs
Really excellent work, love the colors and the effects!
anahata.c
the colors & textures really come out full-view. Andrea does wonderful compilations too, made of things she has; she makes terrific collages out of them. This is a really fine gathering, the objects are all beautiful in their own right, but you assembled them really well, Lucinda, for color & texture, and got a nice angle on them (it looks frontal but you're off to one side just a little). The middle brings out the pure color areas and also harmonizes everything in the process (it's a more unified color scheme), and the bottom filters make it all a night-time infra-red vision, where you still got some of the surfaces. The pot looks Native American for sure, but it's even more so in the outlined vision on the bottom. And the top one is beautifully arranged, a beautiful 'collage'. And thanks for the details about their origin, it's a real collection from the world. (Btw, I know "tamari" as a soy sauce from Japan, taken from the top of miso after it fermented: I had no idea it was anything else! Do you serve those balls with rice and veggies?) Wonderful gathering of objects.
anianiani
Thanks for sharing this beautiful art ..with many Artists hands and hearts..nicely visualised and detailed..Excellent .