studio bowl with deliberate (?) cracks

when i first saw this bowl, i thought it must be a student piece, what with all the cracks n all.... but then i thought, perhaps they're deliberate? make the piece look older etc.  There is a clear mark underneath, but not one i recognise. Any ideas?

yes, perhaps the cracks weren't deliberate, and FFS was all the potter could think of!

rLs or tLs?

and I laughed at FFS too!

can't help thinking it has an oriental influence. But still not closer to identifying the potter.

i think you're probably right - i was just hoping there was an outside chance it was by one of those trendy-at-the-moment potters who make god awful ugly clumpy pots that look they've exploded in the kiln (Voulkos etc) ; but on forums such as these, would generally be ID'd as "hobby potters" because their work is actually really bad.

On the positive side if we assume that the seller at the Boot Fair bought it then that means at least two people thought it worth buying, so it must have something going for it.

bistoboy wrote:yes, perhaps the cracks weren't deliberate, and FFS was all the potter could think of!

PMSL , note to self must be more mature in future.

NaomiM wrote:What amuses me at car boot sales is where the seller says, repeatedly, 'It's Studio Pottery' (in capitals), as though that justifies the ridiculous price they're asking for a piece of unmarked or unknown pottery.  

It is the same at the big Antiques Fairs. When I ask how much is this they say, "80 quid mate, it's Studio". My follow up question asking who it is by always brings a reply on the lines of, "I don't know but it's Studio and collectable".

I've never yet picked up anything like this that is worth anything like £80 let alone more.

Charity shops are crazy with there pricing , and oxfam are in a totally different league again, but some times i just walk in look around and shake my head in disbelief, when prices are 3 times higher than what you could possibly sell them for .

W.Germany , i would not buy most of that stuff for even a couple of pound never have really got it , overated and even more over hyped by a handful of folks.
Rather have a dull Brown Pot