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Altered Vase
Shino Glaze
8" H
x 6" D
Item: OLS-WF-23
$ 180
Shipping Code B
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Shino
The color of Shino ranges from cream to dark red. Shino glazes often
exhibit crazing lines and may appear nearly transparent. This is the result
of its high sodium content, usually from the addition of soda ash. These
fracture lines, also called “crazing” are formed when the glaze cools.
“Crawling”, another variation of Shino, creates a deeply eroded surface,
where the glaze peels back revealing the underlying clay body. This effect
is known as “crawling shino” and while many westerners view it as a glaze
defect, individuals who appreciate the “Wabi-Sabi “ character, see beauty in
its unpredictably.
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Forms
Robert’s pottery focuses on form
and process rather than decoration. He feels a strong but simple form,
offers as much to the eye as painted patterns.
This belief results in
pieces which are thrown and then altered.
His altered forms are finished in a manner which takes advantage of the
firing process.
Effects such as “flashing” from wood firing, or “fluxing”
from salt glazing, produces patterns impossible to achieve with a paint
brush
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Robert Compton
Pottery
2662 North 116 Road, Bristol, Vermont 05443,
U.S.A.
Phone: 802-453-3778
E-mail Robert & Christine
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