Dark mottled pot (P389)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Jennifer Lee
Title
Dark mottled pot
Made in
London
Date
1990
Description
T-material pot with narrow base, angled elipse and a tilted rim, with dark mottled finish.
Materials and techniques
Handbuilt coloured stoneware pot (by pinch & coil techniques). Clay T-material, stained using various oxides: vanadium pentoxide, manganese dioxide, copper oxide, iron oxide. Burnished using agate & impregnating further oxides during burnishing. Hand made bamboo tools used in making as well as wooden tools and metal ribs. Fired in oxidation atmosphere (1270 deg. C.)
Dimensions
height: 25.5cm
length: 14cm
width: 15cm
Object number
P389
Category
Maker's statement
First successful pot which I have made using American oxides; also one of the first successful pieces using shelf rims.