Red Sea Hot Brine Click on the image of any section below to get a page of many items. click on images to make them larger. Visit Red Sea Hot Brine for more information about the discoveries from water temperatures of 133 degrees f. over decades. |
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| 5" wide x 4.5" high On porcelain clay, exterior sediment is from a deposit in the Red Sea that is very briny and intensely pigmented, arranged so the drip ledge capturtes it and the metallic nature is easily seen in good light. A copper red glaze on the underside of this drip ledge is an occasional miracle, because it often comes out green. Interior glaze is Indian Ocean sediment. Bands on rim and foot are from Boston Harbor near Logan Airport. | | | 9.25" high x 5.5" wide From two Red Sea sites from two times -- and a KAUST/WHOI cruise in 2008 (shiny brown band). Says, "21º13.95” north 38º2.54” east (2008 cruise) Red Sea Hot Brines (on belly -- from 1996) | ||
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| 3.5" high Red Sea mixture from two investigations -- one in 1996 and one in 2008. Exterior is Red Sea, interior is celadon glaze assembled from refined materials. | | | 3.5" high x 3" wide Exterior is the Red Sea. Interior assembled from land-based materials with some Red Sea substituting for yellow ochre (used for color). | ||
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| 5" x 2" Porcelain, seaglass center. Says, "Red Sea near 21º21'north, R/V Oceanus 449-6 ..." Glazes assembled from refined materials are shiny brown and copper green. | | | 4.75" x 2.25" Porcelain and seaglass center. Red Sea marine sediment applied thinly on exterior and thickly interior. Says, "Red Sea (written frontwards and backwards) 21º13.95” north 38º2.54” east. | ||
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| 5.75" x 2.5". Porcelain Interior sediment is from a 1996 cruise and exterior sediment is from coordinates named. Words on back pair two institutions and two attributes of nature (Earth and fire.) White matte and copper green glazes assembled from refined materials. | | | 5.5" x 2" Click on back image to read coordinates and ship name of this 2008 cruise and partnership between KAUST & WHOI. Copper glaze assembled from refined materials. | ||
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| 5.75" x 2.25" Porcelain Rarely does the play of color from oxidizing and reducing kiln atmosphere show so clearly as one copper glaze shifts from turquoise to red. Brown glaze on front and back are both from Red Sea. Exterior from 1966 and interior from 2008, coordinates describe 2008 sample, thanks to a joint cruise of KAUST & WHOI. | | | 4.75" x 2.5" Porcelain Red Sea 2008 cruise, coordinates written on back -- copper greenglaze assembled from refined materials. | ||
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| 4.5" wide x 2.5" high Thin sediment brushed on the exterior, heavily applied on the interior. Seaglass placed in the center resulted in this effect after firing. Turquoise glaze I assembled from refined materials. This piece can be seen and purchased at "Grenon's of Newport." where they specialize in unique -- including watches, diamonds, jewelry, and porcelains glazed with precious geological and marine samples. | | | 5.5" wide x 3.5" high Click for best closeups. This is porcelain. Dendritic dark interior is Red Sea applied heavily. Exterior brown is Red Sea applied thinly. Interior center resulted from a piece of clear sea glass, which rose up during it's melting and then flowed back down carrying heavy minerals from Red Sea sediment. There's a small amount of crazing in the glassy area (like cracks in black ice -- a normal side-effect of surface tension and cooling dynamics.) NOTE: there are some bubbly clusters in the dark interior centers -- also within normal outcomes, and they're all healed and smooth -- not sharp. | ||
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| 13" x 4.25" Red Sea is the dark glaze with reflective branching patterns. Read the rim for more info. Back was intentionally left unglazed, and it shows zones of oxidation and reduction that are design elements of the making and glazing process. Reduction can turn a copper green glaze into a red glaze. Bare clay shows how unburned fuel seeks oxygen from clay, and changes it's color. I glazed this on the day of Obama's win, when a morning e-mail from Terrance Gavan was titled "the American Kiln." In it he rejoiced, saying "Wow! The people of America have done it again. We have shown the world that once again Americans are way out in front. Nobody else has come close to we've accomplished. An African-American president! The Melting Pot continues to melt." I used my joy by dating work I glazed that day and the next, and also glazed as I have on ocassion in the past -- a "mutt mud" series that expresses the boundarylessness of the seafloor. | |||||
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