Pottery
This is a reproduction flower pot I sculpted, made a plaster mold of, and pressed to recreate for the Old Salem Museums & Gardens Pottery.
I first sculpted half of the flower pot to make a half mold from. This pot is based off of an original made by Heinrich Schaffner in the mid-1800s.
Here is the full piece drying before firing.
This is a reproduction flower pot I sculpted, made a plaster mold of, and pressed to recreate for the Old Salem Museums & Gardens Pottery.
In the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Moravian Gallery, there is a rare ring bottle of a robin's egg blue glaze that has been cracked and chipped over time. I decided to recreate this bottle.
I first had to make a ring bottle that matched what the original ring bottle looked like when whole. This in itself is a multiple-part process as you first have to shape the ring as one piece, trim it completely round, make a base and a spout off the hump, and attach these pieces. All of these pieces were thrown on an 18th century-style kick-wheel.
After the first firing, I dipped the entire bottle into a clear glaze, sponged it off of the outside, and brushed on the robin's egg blue glaze. In order to be close to the original, I had to glaze the inside of the bottle as the original would have been for use. It was then fired at 05 and presented at the Spring Old Salem Art Show.
In the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Moravian Gallery, there is a rare ring bottle of a robin's egg blue glaze that has been cracked and chipped over time. I decided to recreate this bottle.
I decided to explore a Greek red-figured amphora form.
I first threw the vessel on a kick-wheel, making sure to leave a lot of thickness at the bottom of the walls in order to trim the proper silhouette.
I was then able to brush on a black slip to the amphora and fire it.
I decided to explore a Greek red-figured amphora form.