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Welcome
to the Ash Glaze Gallery
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| In the mid 90s, I began
to notice ash glazes on pots in books and in the work of other potters,
namely Richard Aerni in New York and Tom Clarkson in Virginia. Their
forms attracted me a great deal but it was the glazes that seduced me and
I began to think about ash glazing and research to try and find a way to
use it in my work. Mostly, I wanted some bowls for me (see the Bowl
Wars Story at the bottom and take the poll). |
| I find them very complicated,
but so alive its worth the fuss of using many different slips and having
to do the glaze tests. These glazes are sprayed on the pots which
means I have to sieve each glaze before putting them in the sprayer, they're
caustic to the skin so gloves are necessary and long sleeve clothing.
Have to wear the "gas mask" and welders mask and hat which ruins my reputation
as a fashion goddess. Its all very time consuming, but when it works
they just have so much energy. |
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All the elements of making a clay form
came together and are most pleasing. All of the bowls have
a satin black glaze on the outside with a nice marriage between the ash
flow on the top rim and the satin black. Very quiet interface.
This is a new series of Ash Glaze Bowls.
These medium sided pea pod rimmed bowls are a fine size for kitchen and
serving tools. Although I don't recommend cooking in these pieces,
I use mine to serve rolls, cold salads, compost scrap collection, food
preparation ( a heap of fennel bulbs look beautiful in the green ash bowl
and yellow peppers in the brown ash are positively organic) Click
on image to enlarge. Press BUY button to order these one-of-a-kind
bowls. |
AB01 (~11"Dia. x 5"H)
$175
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AB02 (~10 1/8" Dia. x 7
3/4"H)
$150
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AB03 (~12 1/4" Dia. x 6"H)
$175
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AB04 (~12 i/2 Dia. x 5 1/2"H)
$175
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Ash Glaze Flower Arrangers
These vases are a new series of
Ash Glazed Flower Arrangers which have a single clay tube in the base to
support a few select flowers, or can be used to make a large arrangement
loosely arranged around the clay tube. Click on image to enlarge.
Press
BUY button to purchase these one-of-a-kind vases. |
Ash Flower Arranger Vase
AGFAV01 (11 1/2" Dia. x
7 1/4"H)
$125
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Ash Flower Arranger Vase
AGFAV02 (12 1/2" Dia. x
10 3/4"H)
$250
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Ash Flower Arranger Vase
AGFAV03 {6 1/2" Dia x 6
1/4"H}
$60
SOLD
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Ash Flower Arranger Vase
AGFAV04 (5 1/2"Dia. x 5
1/2"H)
$60
SOLD
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Ash Flower Arranger Vase
AGFAV05 (5"Dia. x 4 1/2"H)
$60
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Ash Flower Arranger Vase
AGFAV06 (5 1/2"Dia. x 3
3/4"H)
$60
SOLD
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Ash Flower Arranger Vase
AGFAV07 (5 1/2"Dia. x 5"H)
$60
SOLD
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Ash Flower Arranger
AGFA (12"Dia. x 3"H)
$85
SOLD
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Ash Flower Arranger
AGFA01 (11 1/2"Dia. x 3"H)
$135
SOLD
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Ash Flower Arranger
AGFA02 (11 1/2"Dia. x 3
1/4"H)
$85
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"THE
BOWL WARS"
When Norm and I first married
in 1975, we moved onto a sailboat and I made 3 bowls for us to use.
Eating off of plates is hard when you're sailing and I really got used
to the bowl idea. When we moved back on land, I kept serving most
foods in the bowls and they were getting pretty decrepit. Bought
some really exciting bowls from a potter in Michigan and continued to serve
the food in the bowls. Norm never commented. Time passed until
this year, Jan. 2000. We had friends for dinner and cooked
pasta and I was setting out the bowls and my friend said, "can we have
plates?" I said "sure", but secretly thought they were nuts, I mean,
who eats pasta on plates? That's what pasta bowls are for.
But, I put out two very nice Bill Stewart plates with the comment "that
Norm will probably want a bowl." But no, as Norm strolled by he said
"plates!" "Oh boy, can I have a plate?" It was polite mutiny
in my own kitchen. I'm still thinking they're nuts but got out the
other plate and my lone bowl. Seems that Norm has been indulging
me all these years thinking it was some bizarre potters' weirdness that
made me use bowls. Now, I am forced to ask him what goes in a bowl
and what he wants on the plate
The poll is: Which do
you prefer, a large flat bottomed bowl, or a plate for most meals?
Not counting large slabs of meat. Please respond in the with
an Email.
Note: as of October 2002,
the bowl people are winning.
Cleo prefers bowls.....
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Leo prefers large plastic....
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