This is a body of work that goes back to my earliest introduction to clay. My college experience emphasized sculpture over function (this is TOO common) and I divided my time between both. My functional pots are finely made and maybe a bit too tight, sometimes…these pieces are the opposite in every way. In fact, a lot of the surfaces start with the scraps from the pottery process. I press all kinds of slips and junk into the surface of a wet slab and then stretch and distort it before shaping. later I spray more slips, glaze and ash mixtures. These were all gas fired to cone 10.
I’ve never made a lot of this work because I’ve never been quite sure where the market might be. But lately I’ve been back at it again and I’ve got some new things in the works.
I’ve never made a lot of this work because I’ve never been quite sure where the market might be. But lately I’ve been back at it again and I’ve got some new things in the works.
