Deep Bowl with Sculptural Rim Late Middle Jomon Period (ca.2500-1500 B.C.) Japan Earthenware: H 13 in. The Neolithic Jomon culture of Japan led a sedentary life style from the fifth millennium to BCE to about the third millennium AD. As a culture who found sustenance through fishing, hunting, and gathering, the Jomon incorporated pottery into their lives as solution for everyday cooking and storage needs. The Jomon hand built their pottery from the bottom up with coils and no aid of a wheel. These objects are known for their herringbone surface decorations, created by pressing knotted rope that was twisted in opposite directions into the clay surface. This is also where the name Jomon is derived, meaning cord making. On what are presumed to be ritualistic forms the Jomon formed undulating and elaborate rims. This work is well thought out and visually sophisticated. The Jomon were making beautiful objects that not only met their utilitarian and ritualistic needs but were also beautiful objects. The Jomon utilitarian forms such as the Deep Vessel illustrate creative solutions for creating a functional form with the same stylistic qualities of a Jomon sculptural/ritualistic object. These are some of the same goals that I strive to meet in my work and it is fascinating to me that the Jomon makers from thousands of years ago were meeting some of the same basic needs and stipulations that the makers of today are.
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