Vase

USA, 2000
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Date acquired:
Materials:
Porcelain
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Thrown
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes: N/A
Dick Lehman | 1952 – Present

Dick Lehman is known for a range of stoneware or porcelain functional wood-fired work. He uses three surface and firing techniques to achieve characteristic finished pots.

These include a longer firing process of up to 15 days reaching temperatures of 2500 degrees Fahrenheit creating large ash deposits on the pots. He uses saggar firing in which the pot is wrapped in vegetation and placed on its side surrounded by sawdust placed in a sagger (ceramic box) during firing. The carbon in the vegetation is reduced to ash and deposited on the surface of the pot during the firing. And finally side-firing in which a Shino glazed pot is fired on its side after the top side is sprinkled with wood ash the pot is then often supported by a tripod of seashells in the kiln resulting in glaze drips which protrude from the pot when it is stood up.

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American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)

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