tow, 1999-2001
ceramic, mixed media

This piece was sort of an extra for awhile. I
wasn't sure how it fit in the series I was working
on. I put it outside on a bench outside my studio,
after it was fired once, to get it out of my way.
Somehow, it blew over and was sundered to
pieces in the fall to the ground. My studio mate
rescued the pieces and put them in my studio space.
I had been doing sketches of a blue patchwork
pendulum, so this seemed like a handy (if work-
intensive) opportunity. I stained the pieces with
red iron oxide and fired them again. Then I covered
the iron with cobalt oxide and fired them
another time. (Both times at low-temperatures
to minimize the shrinkage and warping).

I put it all back together in a week. It is held to-
gether with many types of epoxy, concrete filler
and grout. I used canvas as a sort of "band-aid"
behind some of the really bad cracks inside the
piece. You can still see some of the canvas
peeking through from behind.

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