Photo: Artist
Photo: Artist

Serving Platter

USA, 2014
<p>A wide oval serving platter with from left to right the heads of a white rabbit, a white dog, and a tan cat. They are drawn with black lines and touch each other. The rabbit's head is round, its ears bend outward to fit the curve of the platter. It has a bright red oval nose and round blue eyes.  There are three whiskers on each side of the nose and downward slanting mouth with teeth showing. The area behind it is red. The dog's long ears curve inward to fit the curve of the platter, it has a long nose that ends with a black oval. The mouth slants downward, teeth show. There are five whiskers pointing down. The eyes are bright orange. The area behind it is red on the left and tan on the right. The cat's face is round, its ears fit the platter. The line that makes the nose begins with the eye brows and ends with a black circle. The <span>eyes are black, there are three whiskers on each side of the nose. The mouth is open showing teeth. The area to its left is tan, it's blotchy blue and orange on the right. There is a raised tan border around the platter.</span></p>
Date acquired:
Materials:
Terracotta
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Hand-Built
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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