Bulbous Pot: Richard Fairbanks, my ceramic teacher, assigned a glaze project. I found some clay the Ellensburg canyon and experimented with it for an ash glaze. Fairbanks said the gold flecks are iron pyrites, called "tea dust."
Bulbous Pot

Richard Fairbanks, my ceramic teacher, assigned a glaze project. I found some clay the Ellensburg canyon and experimented with it for an ash glaze. Fairbanks said the gold flecks are iron pyrites, called "tea dust."

Name/Title

Bulbous Pot

Entry/Object ID

ce621120rit

Description

Stoneware with 3 ash glazes. Object 15" x 8 1/2" x 7 7/8". "BR" stamp inside foot. Masking tape label "C-33 NFS" indicates it was in the Senior Portfolio exhibit at CWSU, 1964.

Artwork Details

Medium

Ceramics

Made/Created

Artist

Bill Ritchie

Date made

1962

Place

* Untyped Place

Ellensburg, Washington

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

ce1a3rit

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Mini Art Gallery

Date

September 18, 2021

Valuations

Valuation Type

Estimate

Value

$160.00

Estimator

Bill Ritchie

Date

Sep 18, 2021

Created By

ritchie@seanet.com

Create Date

September 18, 2021

Updated By

nelsund3@hotmail.com

Update Date

October 4, 2022