147. Lauryn Axelrod, lidded incense burner, wood-fired, made of wild clay
Axelrod lives in West Pawlet, Vermont. For more on her and pictures of other work, see threetreespottery.com or her Instagram account, @threetreepottery.
This sits directly on the base. It is highly irregular in shape. The bottom section consists of two roughly rectangular lumps of clay. The lower section is a trapezoid about 7.7 cm (3 in) on a side and 4.5 cm (1-3/4 in) high; one corner of the bottom has been rounded and another has been cut back to slant upward. The upper section is a smaller rectangle, about 7 cm (2-3/4 in) by 4.5 cm (1-3/4 in) and 1.2 cm (1/2 in) high. It sits toward the back side of the lower section. The exposed area at the top of the lower section is scored and pitted. At the front, where the two sections meet, a hole about 0.6 cm (1/4 in) wide has been punched through to the interior (visible in the first picture above; "front" is an arbitrary designation with this piece). An irregular rectangle about 2.9 cm (1-1/8 in) by 1.6 cm (5/8 in) has been hollowed out through both sections of the base; it is about 4.5 cm (1-3/4 in) deep. The lid is a rough rectangle about 5.1 cm (2 in) by 3.3 cm (1-1/4 in) and 2 cm (3/4 in) high. There is a rectangular flange on the bottom to anchor the lid inside the base. The lid fits loosely on the base. The texture of this is very rough and unfinished.
This was unglazed. The colors derive from three days of wood-firing in an anagama-style kiln. The colors range from dark russet through brown into dark gray and black. There is some ash melt, particularly in the russet-colored areas.
A rough-hewn, brutalist statement of solidity and mass, unmistakably clay.
Purchased from the artist in September 2021.
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