186. Andrew Sartorius, “Firebox Sculpture 6”
For Sartorius, see item 143.
Wild clay harvested in North Carolina, with a slip of wild New York clay. Weight: 1168 g (2.6 lb). Dimensions: 20 x 11.5 x 8.8 cm (8 x 4.5 x 3.5 in).
This sits on the flat edges of the bottom. The bottom is a rough rectangle with a deep concave arch in the center. The artist’s mark, a small circle with his initials inside it, was pressed into the base. The two pieces that form the sides are shallow convex arcs that meet at a sharp seam in the middle. Each side has a circular opening in it. The openings are surrounded by a narrow rim. The surface is pitted and rough.
This
is unglazed. After it was formed, it was coated with a slip. It was wood-fired
for four days in the lower front area of an anagama kiln, in a “fairly heavily
reduced” atmosphere. The colors, which range from an ashy gray through reds to
browns and blacks, result from the wood-firing and the natural ash deposits.
Like the other items in this series, this exploits the interactions among, shape, clay/slip, and the firing process.
Purchased from the artist in April 2022.
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