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Ice Gold Incense Burner 2
Ice Gold Incense Burner 2
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Tanner Sawitz creates miniature, porcelain, crystal-glazed pottery. Half of his work is about the form and the other half is all chemistry; the crystals are just that – crystalized minerals that grow on the surface of the pot. All of mhisy work is hand-thrown on a wheel, and all glazes made from scratch.
Tanner’s work is about the marrying of artistic elements within your control with those partially up to chance. The form of ceramic work is entirely up to the artist, but – although you can control many aspects of crystal glazing - the end result is impossible to predict with 100% certainty. That’s the beauty of leaving a portion of the artwork up to chance; although you can do your best to control the material, in the end it will do what it wants, and have its say. Also, tiny pots are a lot of fun.
All of Tanner’s work is made of high quality porcelain and thrown on the potter’s wheel. The glazes are mixed from scratch and applied painstakingly with paintbrushes. Crystal glazing requires a lot of trial and error, so half of his job is to take good notes when developing a new glaze. Getting crystals to grow the way you want takes practice and has quite the learning curve. Some pieces also undergo additional processes, such as etching (“bleaching” certain chemicals to lighten a glaze) or luster fires (adding 22k gold to small areas of a piece during a separate fire).
Tanner learned much of what he knows from his father, who has been an art teacher for over 40 years. At Chapman University, while getting his degree in film, Tanner also worked as the ceramics lab tech, mixing glazes and helping out with studio management. Since then, he has continued to learn about the world of crystal glazing through experts such as Jose Mariscal and Ted Secombe.
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Porcelain, hand-thrown, incense burner with a delicate white and blue non-crystal glaze. 22 karat gold accents are added during a third fire. These burners take cone incense (sample cone included!) and allow oxygen to flow from the bottom continuously, keeping the incense lit until it runs out! To clean the inside of the burner from incense stain, simply run it under water and scrub gently with a toothbrush! Every piece is thrown and trimmed on the wheel using Coleman porcelain. This burner was fired in an oxidation atmosphere in an electric kiln. Finally, a third fire at a lower temperature creates the gold accents, once the luster is applied to the glazeware.
All sales are final. No returns or exchanges.
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