Photo: John Polak
Photo: John Polak
Photo: John Polak
Photo: John Polak

Teapot

USA, 1900
Judith and Martin Schwartz 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
Tom Coleman | 1945 – Present

Michael Sherrill began his career throwing functional work in traditional forms using traditional glazes. He went on to make a large body of non-functional work based on the bottle form which led to exploring botanical suclptures completed in mixed media.

These pieces began Sherrill?s exploration into the possibilities of surface manipulation and glazes which led to the multi-layered glaze technique used in conjunction with post-firing sandblasting.

Sherrill considers himself a materials-based artist experimenting primarily in the media of clay but also metal and glass. Sherrill states, ?I started using my extruder to extrude tubes and then pull tapered, long spouts for my sculptural teapots. My involvement in using an extruder has totally changed my thinking about it as a tool. It widened my view of what I can do with clay. Instead of the extruder being a static tool, just to make an object, I now see it as a workstation like a potter's wheel. It is a place to make and manipulate forms. This is the thing I would like to communicate and share with others. These techniques can open up new possibilities for anyone working in clay.?

Judith and Martin Schwartz Collection

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