Ron Meyers

Covered Jar with Animal Heads

USA, 2018
<p><span>A cylindrical jar with an unglazed earthenware foot. There is a small pushed in black area just above the foot. The sides curve in slightly before expanding below the lid. There are the heads of two animals. On the right is  the head of a pink pig with a red oval nose with two black nostrils. One white and tan eye is drawn with black lines as is the humanesque mouth. To the left of the pig is the <span>blotchy yellow and white </span>face of a cat like animal. The nose is two lines that end with black circles for nostrils. Teeth can be seen in the open mouth. There are four whiskers heading out from between the nose and mouth. There is an orange and yellow circular form above the head. The ground is black with a white strip just below the lid. The nearly flat lid extends beyond the sides of the jar and has incised concentric cirles on a black ground near the edge. There is an arched black handle attached by clay the extends outward at each side.</span></p><p><span><span>The other side of the cylindrical jar with an unglazed earthenware foot. The cat on this side is white with thin black lines that suggest fur. The right ear is drawn with white lines on the black background. The nose is a bold black rectangular area. The orange right eye looks at the nose. The crudely drawn mouth is open, showing rows of teeth. Black whiskers show on both sides of the nose. To the left of the cat is a mottled grey green face.There are three black blobs in a row slanting to the left. It has what appears to be an eye in an arched extention on the left side of the head. The is a very broad open white mouth with black teeth The background around the heads is black.</span></span></p><p><span><span>The side of the jar showing the pink and green faces touching each other. The lid is off showing an unglazed earthenware rim and an unglazed area on the inside. At it's edge the lid has white incised concentric circles on a black ground. The central area of the lid is white. The arched black</span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">strap handle is attached with clay that extends on each side of the arch.</span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">A top view of the lid shows the black band with incised white lines, the white central area and the arched handle with a ridge running the length of it. It shows how the handle was pressed onto the clay of the lid.</span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">An image of the unglazed round earthenware underside.</span></p><p><span> </span></p>
E. John Bullard Collection
Date acquired:
Materials:
Earthenware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Thrown
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Ron Meyers

Ron Meyers has spent decades working with red earthenware. His thrown pots, always functional in some way, display his casual and spontaneous manner with clay. Each of Meyer?s pots is characterized by hand and finger marks left from throwing and altering the piece. He commonly pokes pieces, adding a wobbly unevenness to the forms.

His early passion to become a cartoonist is evident in his narrative, sometimes confrontational, colored slip surface paintings. His whimsical subjects range from animal forms to female nudes. Meyers fires his works first in an electric kiln and then in a gas kiln.

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