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I just came across interesting information about one of the ceramic pieces in my
collection, namely an object by Texas based artist Peter Masters. Back in January
2010 I made a post about the work (see it here). The new information, from
Masterpiece Online - The World of Art at your Fingertips (see it here), is about
how it was actually made:
"An award winning ceramic artist, Masters added glassmaking to his skills and
creates innovative sculpture combining salt-glazed porcelain with slumped glass.
He throws and re-shapes the porcelain forms adding small, repetitive additions to
the surface of the piece. These protrusions are perfect in shape and placement
and are complemented by the salt-glaze which adds a very slight random
variation in color. Masters' surface design is precise and at the same time organic
and natural, like a sunflower, whose seeds form a perfectly arranged symmetrical
pattern.
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Using the process of slumping, Masters adds a glass element to the ceramic
vessel in a separate kiln firing. The glass conforms exactly to every nook and
cranny of the sculpture, fitting perfectly over the rim and forming a second, inner
bowl that echoes the interior of the vessel. However, the glass is not permanently
attached, but sits snuggly on its ceramic host. The richly colored, transparent
glass catches light, adds depth and dimension to the inner form and gives a
unique and contemporary aesthetic to this powerful series of sculpture.
Masters' overarching theme is inspired by the concept of the Golden Mean and
the Fibonacci Ratio. This complex set of mathematical rules, applied in
Renaissance architecture, mirrors the precise order often found in nature. The
numbering system appears everywhere in nature, from the leaf arrangement in
plants, to the pattern of the florets of a flower, or the scales of a pineapple. The
Fibonacci numbers are applicable to the growth of every living thing, including a
single cell, a grain of wheat, a hive of bees, and even all of mankind."
And here is a picture of the piece in my collection
(there are more photos in the earlier post relating to it):
(there are more photos in the earlier post relating to it):
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