149 - Lidded Blue Jar, Mark Cole, Value: $75

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Title: Lidded Blue Jar

Artist: Mark Cole

Media: Ceramics

Dimensions:  4.5" x 5" x 5"

Value: $75

"[This piece] has been designed and created using stoneware clay in conjunction with five glazes, fired in a gas reduction atmosphere. I am using the materials’ unique qualities within organized systems of pattern. By juxtaposing glazes I am able to anticipate and use their eutectic to produce a unique interest with even the most rudimentary of patterns. Stripes, drips and dots divide the form to allow the glazes to exist naturally within an ordered state. When fired, their interaction provides a great visual interest within the context of the pattern, the form and its ultimate functional purpose."

Mark Cole is a ceramic artist, instructor, and avid trout fisherperson. He received his MFA from Ohio University in 2010 and is currently teaching Ceramics and 3D Design as assistant professor of practice for the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

"My ceramic work exemplifies attributes of strength, consideration, observation and a rustic sturdiness that is ultimately simple and trustworthy. I believe that great potential lies in the fact that a viewer may respectfully perceive these qualities and recall their existence.”

https://www.redlodgeclaycenter.com/artist/mark-cole/

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