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Steve Ittel
See
http://www.ittel.org/steven_dale_ittel.htm
Unglazed
press-molded pot
Stoneware
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All pots are bisque-fired in an electric oven and high-fired in a gas
oven. Because the work is done in a class, there is little control over
whether a firing will be reducing or oxidizing.
Multiple dipped glazes on press-molded stoneware |
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Unglazed
hand-formed pots |
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Small hand-worked slab pot with copper glaze. |
A bonsai
enthusiast and strictly amateur potter,
Ittel has been making pots for less than a year.
Nonetheless, since he runs this web site, his pots are
included. In his class, he
is known as the "Crack Pot" for less that desirable pottery
reasons
Silicon carbide foamed white glaze on stoneware. About 3" or 75mm.
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Small, slab-built stoneware with
Small hand-formed pot with nice
light blue
glaze.
color from reduction firing.
Hand-thrown stoneware pot with light iron glaze applied wet.
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Hand-thrown stoneware with
silver wash.
Series of extruded square pots
Porcelain worked with stained porcelain and then thrown.
Unglazed.
High-grog stoneware with porcelain slip and iron stain.
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Close-up of small extruded pot shown to the left.
Extruded cylinder glazed very wet.
Low,
hand-thrown stoneware with copper glaze |
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Slab-built, glazed
stoneware. |
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Slab-built, unglazed
stoneware. |
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Stoneware suiban with green
glaze.
Suiban with a blue over green
glaze
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Unglazed,
stoneware cascade pot made by wrapping a slab around a 6"
cardboard tube. The logo of Brandywine Bonsai Society is
porcelain and brown-firing clay pressed into the pot before drying. |
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A series of
experiments with glazes. All of the pots are 3" wide extruded
square.
These pots are from a series of experiments with texture.
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