Art
Pottery: Exquisite 14" Decorative bottle by clay artist Dick Lehman
- Item Number
- 196
- Estimated Value
- 495 USD
- Sold
- 200 USD to wkdc96127
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
This lovely piece was hand selected by Dick Lehman in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale.
Lehman's Saggar firing.
Traditionally, closed-container saggars have been used to shield ceramics from the direct contact of flames and from damage by kiln debris. Lehman, however, pioneered using a saggar for the opposite purpose: to encapsulate ceramic pieces within a particular atmosphere: "My approach to saggar-firing is to wrap pots in fresh vegetation and place them in the saggar on their sides, atop a bed of sawdust. I then cover the pot entirely with sawdust and place the lid on the saggar. During the firing, due to the presence of heat and pressure – and due to the relative absence of oxygen – the vegetation turns to 'activated charcoal', and in the process, releases a film of carbon. When everything works just right, the film of carbon penetrates the porous porcelain pot. The images you see on the pots are the result of that 'carbon transfer', similar to the fossil-formation process called 'carbonization.'"
Item Special Note
Local pick up only.
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