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Floral Bowl
Copper Green Glaze
4" H
x 11" D
Item: OLS-WF-122
SOLD
How to Order
Shipping Code D |
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Copper Green
Copper, when used in glazes that are wood fired, can create
wonderful effects.
Glazes
that contain copper react to the ash and the kiln’s atmosphere
producing a wide range of colors such as metallic black,
copper green, red & fuchsia.
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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 |
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
02/16/08
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