164. Julie Burkley, blue moon pot, 2021
Burkely is a part-time potter working out of the Brookline [MA] Arts Center. For more on her work, see her page on the Arts Center’s website or her Facebook account @afterfivepottery.
White clay, blue glaze on exterior, interior and base left unglazed. Weight: 1056 g (2.4 lb). Rim diameter: 4.3 cm (1-5/8 in); maximum diameter: 15.3 cm (6 in); base diameter: 8 cm (3-1/8 in).
This sits directly on a flat base. A small “A5” was scratched into the base. The artist attached three protective felt pads on the base. The walls rise in a continuous convex arc to the neck, reaching the maximum width 9 cm (3-1/2 in) above the base. The neck and rim are about 0.6 cm high; the narrowest width at the neck is 3.5 cm (1-3/8 in). The walls curve into the neck and then out to the lip. The exterior of this is very smooth. The interior is rough, unburnished clay.
The exterior and the lip of the pot were glazed in a dark blue color. The interior and the base were left unglazed. At the top the glaze is streaky. As you move down the vase, the glaze becomes mottled and then speckled. Toward the bottom the color is a solid blue.
The pot is very symmetrical but the variations in the glazing break up the lines somewhat. A beautiful job of glazing on this pot.
Purchased at Feet of Clay Pottery’s sale in December 2021.
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