In making these pots, I set up one structure to compound a second structure, creating a double-order within the piece. I do this in both the profile of the pot and the layering of forming techniques.

The thrown form begins with a certain profile and takes on a new internal profile dictated by the indented alterations. These indents are exo-skeletal forces that press the original form into a new one, changing the swells of the clay. Although the indentations follow the original form to a degree, they move inward or outward more quickly (sometimes leaving the pot surface entirely). In the final form, both profiles exist simultaneously, defining the new form.

I am interested in the relationship of these two structures and the movement of the pot wall between them. Constructing the relationship of multiple profiles continues to top and bottom views of the piece, where the shift from round to non-round is apparent in a different way, as changing concentric lines.