37. Liza Fisher, wood-fired vase

37. Liza Fisher, wood-fired vase

For Fisher, see item 34.

Dark brown clay, cream and white glazes; colors from wood-firing. Weight: 658 g (1.5 lb). Rim diameter: 8.7 cm (3-1/2 in); maximum diameter 10 cm (4 in); base diameter: 7.5 cm (3 in). Height: 18 cm (7-1/8 in).

This piece sits directly on the base. The base is slightly concave, and Fuller’s mark, a cursive "LF," is incised into the base.  The walls rise in a straight angle to the maximum diameter, which is about 10.3 cm (4-1/8 in) above the base. The walls then curve inward to the neck, which is 15.5 cm (6-1/8 in) above the base. The neck is 7 cm (2-3/4 in) in diameter. Above the neck the pot flares outward in a straight line to the rim.

Both the interior and the exterior walls of the pot were glazed in a cream color. Three of the design motifs mentioned in the discussions of other items by Fisher were spaced around the pot. The wood-firing added colors in pink, russet, and brown tones. The shoulder on one side is covered in a heavy layer of ash deposits. There is additional ash speckling on this side as well. The interior is mostly covered in reddish-brown tones.

Purchased from the artist at Watering Cove Studios. Prospect Harbor, Maine, May 2016.