This piece features under-glaze blue and white (quinhua), Chinese over-glaze enamels and 24k Roman gold. It was gas reduction fired to cone 10 and re-fired to low temperature in 3 firings for gold and enamels.
This work features under-glaze blue and white (Jingdezhen quinhua), 24k German gold and silver. The original arrowhead icon signifies bravery. Gas reduction fired and low firings electric kiln for 24k gold and silver.
The Woven Bourbon Bottle was press-molded and gas reduction fired. Hand-painted gucai over-glaze enamels were electric fired. Enamels were built up abstractly to highlight the inherent luminosity and tactile qualities of the transparent over-glaze media.
Vase with Flower Medallions was press-molded and fired cone 10 reduction. Traditional gucai over-glaze media and 24k German gold was hand-painted in layered applications and re-fired in multiple electric low temperature firings (6 firings). The work features the luminosity inherent to the media to render a sensual stately but joyful enriching presence.
Two golds are applied to provoke luminosity through contrast in an earthy patina. The work is press-molded and features over-glaze enamels (youhong red, fencai), 24 k Roman and German golds, and copper lustre. The piece is about yun – literally, an ochre-like substance found in the stream-beds of Tibet, but more broadly referring to places […]
Hand-painted with over-glaze enamels (gucai) and 24k Roman and German golds featuring an original arrowhead design signifying bravery shining out without doubt. This pieces is a “high” or imperial use of decoration in contrast to the earthy media expression of Earth Warrior. 7 firings include 5 low temperature electric firings of media on celadon reduction […]
All three pieces were created after sketches I always create in my program guides at Boston Symphony Concerts. All were created in Denmark at the wonderful International Ceramic Research Center, Guldagergaard during my 2 residencies in 2011, and during my second residency in 2012, when I made the nesting pitchers with in-glaze, twice glaze fired […]
