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Small Urn
Celadon Glaze
6" H
x 6" D - 72 Cubic Inches
Item: OLS-WF-26
$ 240
How to Order
Shipping Code B
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Celadon Glaze
Celadon is an
ancient glaze in which a small amount iron is used as a colorant.
These glazes are usually transparent and vary in color from light gray to
deep green.
Celadon glazes are frequently used over incised surfaces,
where the glaze can pool and exhibit a darker color.
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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Wad Marks
Sodium (salt
glazing) and fly ash (wood firing) create glaze on the pots and on kiln
shelves where the pots sit.
Wadding prevents pots in Wood Firing and Salt
Glazing
from fusing to the kiln shelves.
The size, shape and materials used for wadding,
are important aesthetic considerations for the potter. In addition to
preventing pots from fusing to shelves, wadding acts as a color resist and
reveals flame flashing patterns. |
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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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