Fluted Doric Basin with Saucer, Natural White Clay Size:Large (Traditional #6 Approx. 9.5 inches Top Diameter x 6.5 inches Tall) The Romans first explored its

The Romans first explored its swirling patterns

There are an infinite number of patterns that can be created this way

or sometimes a spoon

These bowls were formed into an oval shape while still wet on the wheel

John Bartram's son William

Fluted Doric Basin with Saucer, Natural White Clay Size:Large (Traditional #6 Approx. 9.5 inches Top Diameter x 6.5 inches Tall) The Romans first explored itsI love the visual effect of fluting on my pots. It gives an upward and graceful visual movement that one finds in the earliest of ancient Greek Architecture, the Doric order. First appearing in the Dorian region of Greece in about the 6th century BC., Doric order design is graceful and elegant, but also associated with strength because of its masculine proportions, (as opposed to the Ionic columns that are associated with feminine energy). Doric