ROYAL FLUSH

At over 14" tall, this jar immediately capture our attention at a gallery that we frequented on our drive between Cleveland and upstate New York back in the early 1990s. Though we are usually on the look out for small, more intimate pots this was a "has it all" kind of pot by a potter who I had communicated with (and later met at NCECA and several workshops), talking me through a serious clay problem and later through a glaze shivering issue, in these phone calls, John Glick was patient and shared endlessly with his base of knowledge. As you can imagine, stumbling on to this large jar was made all the better for the somewhat personal connection, well that coupled with the fact that I love covered vessels and the surface was just perfect and a bit surreal. The pot has a wide array of decoration all atop a wonderful, lustrous Shino glaze showing off iron, cobalt, copper and a sprinkling of ash to create a classic Glick jar that is unmistakable and never successfully duplicated. Presumably everyone that owns a good John Glick pot thinks theirs is likely the best but for us, the personal connection, the memories of his kindness is  just like a royal flush.