Glass & Crystal

Stellar Field - Amber Globe

Jon Price

DESCRIPTION: Crystalline glazes represent ceramics at its most technically demanding. Zinc silicate crystals are nucleated within the molten glaze and grown during a precisely controlled six-to-twelve hour cooling cycle at temperatures exceeding 2,100F. Kiln loss runs between 30 and 50 percent per firing. This spherical vessel carries a galaxy of rust-amber and deep blue-purple crystals that bloom across the surface like a stellar map.
DIMENSIONS: 8" Diam x 8"H
MEDIUM: Crystalline-glazed stoneware porcelain (signed)
EDITION: Unique / One-of-a-kind (Condition: Excellent)
PERIOD: United States - Contemporary studio work
PROVENANCE: Price is co-author of the definitive technical reference on the technique and is widely regarded as one of America's foremost crystalline practitioners. Each vase requires more than 20 hours of kiln time and cannot be reproduced - no two firings, no two pieces, are ever alike.

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