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I hand build ceramic vessels and sculptures; usually with an element of the quirky or whimsical.
A variety of construction methods is employed, but mainly I use a Pueblo Native American technique of "coiling" - building a layer at a time, with strings of clay. [See "Coil forming Orangutan Sculpture, in the menu].
​Je construis des récipients en céramique et des sculptures à la main; généralement avec un élément original ou capricieux.
Une variété de méthodes de construction sont employées, mais j'utilise principalement une technique de "bobinage" amérindienne Pueblo - la construction d'une couche à la fois, avec des cordes d'argile. [Voir "Bobine formant une sculpture d'orang-outan, dans le menu].
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A small bowl, supported by three birds. Stoneware fired, decorated with stained slips and iron oxide.
Un Joli Oiseau: coil formed. Stoneware fired. Decorated with slip, oxide, and onglaze transfers (Commercial decals, applied to the fired glaze, then fired for a third time to 840 degrees Celsius.
Garden planter: Coil-formed, decorated with stained slip and red iron oxide. Stoneware fired to 1,260 degrees Celsius.
Korrigan: My take on a Breton folklore faerie. He is hollow, coil-formed and made from red terracotta clay. The piece is decorated with a tin white earthenware glaze recipe and cobalt oxide detailing. Fired to 1,100 degrees Celsius.
Astronaut Girl and Robot: "pinch" formed from red terracotta clay. Decorated with earthenware glaze recipes - tin white and blue/grey. Fired to 1,100 degrees Celsius
Planter: Coil-formed from red terracotta clay. Decorated with Tin white earthenware glaze recipe and cobalt oxide and fired to 1,100 degrees Celcius.
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