Monday, October 11, 2021
LATITUDE
I
am pretty lucky that most galleries I send work to give me a certain amount of latitude
in terms of what I send them. There is guidance based on what sells best for
them in terms of styles and decoration but the amounts of super-specific items
is left to me Admittedly this works out quite well allowing me to build a good
rhythm in working and planning out what needs to be decorated while wet and
what can wait until it is dry or bisque. This group picture was part of
probably two dozen bowls made in three sizes though only two sizes are shown in
the photo ranging from 2 to 6lbs with 8 of the bowls being covered in black
slip and then carved, tebori style in these XO patterns. By breaking all the
bowls in to three groups of eight it makes it easy to work through smaller
groups of eight in the abstrakt resist, B&W slip and carved designs all in
one sitting and as I have noted before, there is nothing that complicated in
this process but it certainly makes for an enjoyable way to map out a cycle. Throwing,
tooling and decorating work and then getting pots ready for the bisque
concluding in a glaze firing, honestly nothing beats the humbling experience of
unloading a kiln with a nearly 100% success rate which happens far less often
then I would like to admit.
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