Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Teapot

USA, 1990
<p>A black teapot with rippled sides that end at the shoulder. The pot then slants inward to a very long thin cylindrical neck. The lid is square and slants toward the pot. <span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">The spout begins just above the shoulder.</span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">This image shows the unglazed interior of the neck. The lid that is to the side has a unglazed conical flange.</span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">The underside image shows the foot with one rippled side and one with a smooth curve.</span></p>
Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection
Date acquired:
Materials:
Stoneware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Thrown
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Mark Pharis

Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish, of Bandana Pottery, collaborate on the production of a large collection of wood fired utilitarian pottery. They use local western North Carolina materials including local clay. The pots are thrown on a slow turning Korean-style kick wheel. Their work is often decorated using the finger swipe method where the finger is pulled through wet slip to create the surface pattern. They make and glaze the pottery together.

Hunt studied with Will Ruggles and Douglas Rankin at Penland School of Craft. He went to Korea to learn the traditional method of making large Ongii storage jars with Oh Hyang Jong a master Onggi potter. Upon returning from Korea, Michael began setting up a studio and building a large Thai wood kiln in the Penland area. Hunt is known for large jars made using the traditional Korean paddle and anvil technique (a smooth stone, the anvil, is held against the inside wall of the piece that is paddled into form from the outside, the paddle typically has a pattern carved onto its surface.).

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Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection

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