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Pine Tile Lineup
I've been studying rock and other natural surfaces for a long time. I try to produce a "random" style in my shapes and their surfaces, and this series seems to show that I've accomplished what I'm after. The "beauty" of these pieces is perhaps up to debate, but I think at least I've accomplished an effect that transcends the human touch. There is little evidence here of "my" work or my imposition of form or surface on the natural ingredients.
These pine tiles (about 4-7 inches max.) were my first experiment using living materials with the terracotta. They are very thin, about 2-3 mm, and were rolled out with freshly fallen pine needles from New Hampshire. It smelled great in the studio.
After bisque firing, I fired with a very thin layer of Evans' BITE partially covered with a some watered-down gunmetal. I kind of scrape-dripped on a bit of copper carbonate. They looked pretty good fired up (cone 04, electric kiln) but I wanted a little more character. So after packing them up I took 'em all out of the box, gave them some cobalt blue and some fireplace ash (some with the ash mixed in, some with the ash on top, and some with the ash underneath). I like the blue I got and miscellaneous other effects.
Pine Tile Lineup
I've been studying rock and other natural surfaces for a long time. I try to produce a "random" style in my shapes and their surfaces, and this series seems to show that I've accomplished what I'm after. The "beauty" of these pieces is perhaps up to debate, but I think at least I've accomplished an effect that transcends the human touch. There is little evidence here of "my" work or my imposition of form or surface on the natural ingredients.
These pine tiles (about 4-7 inches max.) were my first experiment using living materials with the terracotta. They are very thin, about 2-3 mm, and were rolled out with freshly fallen pine needles from New Hampshire. It smelled great in the studio.
After bisque firing, I fired with a very thin layer of Evans' BITE partially covered with a some watered-down gunmetal. I kind of scrape-dripped on a bit of copper carbonate. They looked pretty good fired up (cone 04, electric kiln) but I wanted a little more character. So after packing them up I took 'em all out of the box, gave them some cobalt blue and some fireplace ash (some with the ash mixed in, some with the ash on top, and some with the ash underneath). I like the blue I got and miscellaneous other effects.