Illustrated is a large complex
glazed plate by NC potter, Bruce Gholson. Using a variety of glazes, wax/latex
resist and inlaid glazes, this large porcelain plate depicts a lively swarm of
eel all oriented in the same direction though some coming and going off the
surface as if captured in a circular image. The range of textures within the
glazes is truly outstanding and makes for a rather unique and evocative statement
about sea life and perhaps a glimpse in to the nature of the potter himself.
Gholson has used various aquatic life forms, snakes, insects and bones of
varying life forms as design elements in his work and his current work revolves
around exceptionally complex surfaces including crystalline and molybdenum
flowing glazes.
"Nature is an infinite
sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere." Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
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