Hollow forms...you know, the big round pieces hollowed out so the wall is very thin.

At the AAW show in Portland a few years ago I was at the booth of a well known turner who specializes in hollow forms looking at one of his pieces. The booth lady (maybe the turner's wife) said I could pick it up. It was a situation where you expect something to be fairly heavy so I used both hands and almost threw it in the air because it was so unexpectedly light. Of course this panicked the booth lady. I put it down quickly and apologized for my clumsiness.

I'm sort of a form follows function person. So, do hollow forms have any useful function except demonstrating the turner's skill? They can also serve as decorative objects I suppose, but decorative objects can just as well have a function too.