It’s been a crazy month so far, but the new kiln is firing great. It’s only fitting that the first pieces to come out are these wonderful holiday ornaments. These aren’t examples –they’re one of a kind, and what’s below is all there is!
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Ornaments are $48- each.
This price includes packing, priority mail shipping, and shipping insurance.
I wanted a glaze that produced more of an “earth tone pink” than the typical Erbium glazes I’d seen. So I left Erbium out of the testing, and this glaze became the eventual result. A light overcoat of a glaze containing various types of Titania can encourage the violet streaks without overpowering the pink color, as it did on this vase.
The glaze can produce an overall glossy look. But through specific multiple firings, the surface on this vase develops a semi-gloss background that softly reflects light set behind matte crystals. This is hard to capture with a camera, but the visual makes the crystals appear very 3-Dimensional.
I’ve been getting enough feedback from people wanting my more “functional” vases to have more weight to them. I fought the idea of having any type of functionality to my pieces for the longest time, and when I finally started I had to come to terms with the fact that my vases were too light to hold a nice bouquet.
I mention this because this vase may indeed seem “heavier” when held. Many of my forms with smaller feet are also being made with a little more solid feel to them, usually by keeping some heft toward the bottom… While in Korea, I noticed that the pots seemed to have a weight to them that defied the standard I had set for myself in the past. I will probably go back and forth on this before I am able to get used to dealing with slightly thicker walled forms.
I’ve asked many people their opinions on this matter, and have gotten so many conflicting responses, that I eventually just went with the deciding factor… gravity.
$475- *Sold*.
This is a blue on amber bottle, the glaze being a cross of my own “Nickel Blue/Amber” (exhibited at LatticeStructures) and Peter’s “Golden Blue”. The bottle is @ 8.5 inches tall, and the three images show large crystal patterns equidistant from each other as the pot is rotated. The largest cluster of crystals, shown in the first image, creates a pattern more than 4″ across.
At the base, a formation of crystals wraps around and extends up off the foot, as if the piece were set in a flower.
$500-. *Sold*
Blue on Amber Crystalline Glaze Bottle w/ Cobalt Blue Gloss Interior Glaze.
$450-. *Sold*
Essentially, the pieces I have coined as “Glaze Standards” are small vessels/ vases… but they also represent a testament toward progress.
“Red’nd Rainbow”:
Oxidation Firing ^11.5 > Reduction Firing
All of my glazes are produced here in the studio using individual ingredients. They are cultivated through both random and educated trials, and then put through a series of firings. The first test is done on a disposable ceramic dome. If the glaze looks like something worth adding to my palette, then it is applied on 3-4 porcelain vases. The successive, yet separate firings detail whether the glaze is reproducible by comparing them with one another. A successful outcome is deemed a “standard“.
While one vase is kept as a reference, the others are made available for purchase. This provides a chance for those interested to take part in my journey.
Because these cast forms are less labor intensive (all of the other work is wheel thrown and/or hand built), they are offered at a lower price. Having said that, I will add that they are made from molds created under the instruction of the master mold makers at Campbell Pottery (see “Krystallos” in links section). Any glaze standard offered for sale is of excellent quality, and is available with a hand-carved porcelain pedestal.
“Electric Chocolate”
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Red’nd Chocolate w/ Secondary Crystals.
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These are the 3 pieces I sent to the Krystallos 2007 Exhibit.
Photography by Jeff Willis.
Initial Crystalline Firing, Oxidation: ^12, Re-fired in Reduction :^015. Multiple Glass-Enamel Firings:^020-019 . 11″ tall.
$900- with pedestal. *Sold*
Initial Crystalline Firing, Oxidation ^10.5, Re-fired in Reduction:^017. Glass Enamel Oxidation firing^020. 7″ tall.
$650- with pedestal. *Sold*
Fired in a 27cu.ft. Geil kiln with Computer Controlled Auto Damper System at Friedrich Pottery. Neutral atmosphere gas firing:^10, followed by reduction at set phases of crystal growth between 2000-1850F. 23k Gold Luster Oxidation Firing: ^017. 6″ tall.
Oxidation fired:^10.5> Reduction fired: ^017.
The lip of the bottle and pedestal were finished with proprietary glass enamels and metallic luster.
$475-*Sold*
Oxidation fired: ^10, Reduction fired:^021.
(I do apologize for the bad picture here, photo booth was being re-installed).
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