Spalted Pashaco Teapot

No Longer Available

Completed

2022

Medium

Material: whiteware/ spalted pashaco Technique: Ceramic:multiple fired underglazes, clear glaze Hardwood: carved, sanded and lacquer finished

Dimensions

36 x 16 x 12"

Description

These large scale ceramic and wood teapots use either whiteware ceramic or porcelain clay and hardwoods.

Whiteware clay allows for multiple firings of layers of underglaze decorative technique, and glazes. Porcelain is fired at higher temperatures and incorporates layers of underglaze, pigmented slips, carving techniques and glazes

These teapots are intended as sculptural representations of the teapot form with exaggerated proportions of traditional teapot elements. They include added wood elements as handles, feet and even sometimes spouts. The pieces are designed with predrilled holes to accept the hardware that unites the wood and ceramic forms post firing. The wood parts are very time intensive beginning as thick hardwood chunks. They are then band sawed, carved and sanded to 400 grit sandpaper. Finish is usually tongue oil or lacquer or Osmo wax/oil and sometimes involve oil stains. The wood provides an organic contrast to the glassy ceramic.

About this Artist

Tom Hubert

I was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. I received my BA in Art Education from Mercyhurst University and my MFA in Ceramics and Ceramic Sculpture with a Minor in Photography from the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology. After graduate school I returned to the Erie area and moved outside of the city to Fairview, Pa. where I also have my studio. I retired in 2020 as Professor of Art after having taught art at Mercyhurst University for 40 years. I was named Professor Emeritus in 2022. I was the Director of the Art Department from 1992 to 2001 and Chair of the Art Department from 2003 to 2008, 2013-14 and 2018-19. My resume includes over 20 awards in national and regional exhibitions including a Pennsylvania Council of Arts Grant and a National Endowment for the Arts/Mid-Atlantic Art Foundation Regional Fellowship. I currently show my work in juried…

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