Rob Drexel
Galleria Tubac
31 Tubac Road
Tubac, Arizona 85646
520.398.9088
Toll free from outside Arizona:
800.828.9087 |
ARTIST’S BIO
Bio coming soon!
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Horse Hair - Pit Fire
Wood Top Vase
and Open Bowl
My own little twists
to the plot are that I also break the pieces before the color
firing and
then reassemble after.
Technically, not my original idea- but I've taken it further in this
direction than anyone I've run across. My second little twist (again,
not technically my "original" idea) is to fry horsehair
onto the hot surface creating all them neat black squiggles - it
was my idea, however, to do it as a 3rd firing on top of the pitfire
- and the results are voonderbarrr!
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Pitfire is the most ancient clay firing
process known to humans - most cultures have a version of pitfire
somewhere in their pottery past. Simply - it is burying the pots
in or under various combustible materials (wood, branches, leaves,dry
dung, whatever) and having a major BBQ (bonfire) above the pots.
In ancient times this made the pots hard and thus more useful. Today it is
simply for aesthetics - to make them pretty! It's a rough process - tough
on the clay. The finished pieces will often be chipped or cracked - but
with characteristics of the fire and trauma etched into the surface (and
into their souls . . . ). The end result is often ancient looking -roughly
beautiful, earthy and exquisite.
Each DREXEL piece individually
hand thrown. Every piece that bears my name is individually created
by me and is unique unto itself.
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This pitfire ceramic vessel is
representative of the artist's work. It may not be currently available,
so please
call
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