At least that is the intention. Not always successful.
Ouch, the flange on the lid of this mug or the mug rim warped so they do not fit together.
After a while, many potters find roundness a bit boring or over-predictable, and look for ways to modify that form. I am still looking for smooth and simple shapes, and so mostly modify the rim of my pots. The latest are heart shapes, at least as seen from the top.
From other angles, they produce all sorts of odd forms. Even better.
I've tried other distortions of the round in the past.
Just a spout on a mixing bowl for pouring.
A carved rim.
Or a squashed circle and added parts to make something else.
All are fun and some please me a lot, but the hearts have something special about them. Maybe it's the other shapes that the modified rim produces in the rest of the bowl. Maybe the added potential is in the symbolic meanings of the form.
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