NEW! FULLFORM BLUEGREEN SERENE SAND DREXEL RAKU POTTERY - eBay (item 170217974808 end time May-17-08 03:00:00 PDT)

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NEW! FULLFORM BLUEGREEN SERENE SAND DREXEL RAKU POTTERY

NEW FINISH!!

SERENE EURO-SAND POTTERY
This piece is 6" tall by 9" in diameter.
GALLERY PRICING $88 TO $110

At the end of the day - when all is said and done, my happiest moments are almost always throwing pots - I love the physical pleasure and demands of the wheel and making the forms. As much as I do adore fire and the pitfire especially, it's the throwing that "feeds" me - I also deeply appreciate a well glazed piece of pottery - glazing being a whole other magnificent art by which I am humbled. But for me - it's the throwing. I think basically I'm an adult 8 year old coming home from the oh-so-fascinating muddy creeks of my youth after the rains with water-filled boots and inches of mud - everywhere!

As a result - i am always looking at ways of making wonderful and beautiful finishings on my forms - specifically with no regard for the traditional potter's "but we've always done it this way...." glazing sort of attitude - aaahhhhhh!

Years ago - in the 90's - on an extended stay in Italy and Sicily, I watched as the Italians struggled to afford to save and restore what is, in the case of Palermo and other such cities - an overwhelming task of decaying history. One morning I watched as a work crew on the island of Ortegia - city of Siracusa - was sandblasting clean an old carved facade, seeing the once sharply defined reliefs and sculptures emerge softened and distorted...and I started wondering what I could do with a sandblaster and my pottery...

Here's one of the numerous techniques I have developed as a result - in this case the pottery is thrown, trimmed and stabilized as best I can (to tolerate the blast of air and sand) and then immediately sandblasted! - the sand attacks the surface both pitting it and impregnating the wet clay - the resulting texture is really cool! You've got to do this carefully to not literally blow the freshly-made wet clay piece away! Then after some short drying for more stabilizing, I put the piece back on the wheel and carve patterns and holes down into the clay body removing the sand - what's left is a wonderful relief surface of sand and designs.

The piece is then dried and special stains are applied in various ways - then it is fired and finally additional decorative accents and finishing touches are added before a final protective coat is applied - and voila!

ABOUT ROB DREXEL:

I have produced and successfully sold my RAKU and PITFIRED pottery for the last 17 years in many dozens of upscale craft galleries coast to coast and even a touch in Europe. I still appreciate my quality gallery representatives (inquiries are invited!), but with our rapidly changing market economics, the internet is a natural expansion of my sales (and survival ...) efforts. Galleries sell my work starting between $40 and $50 for the small pieces and ranging up to $2000 for the large "masterworks".

EVERY PIECE A UNIQUE CREATION!

One final comment: Each DREXEL piece is individually hand thrown or hand constructed from slab. Those of us lame-brain do-it-the-hard-way potters who still insist on creating every last piece by hand love to take the holier-than-them attitude about others that make a SLIP MOLD of their work and make the same exact piece over and over and over again (ad infinitum & ad nauseum!).

For what it's worth to you - EVERY WHEEL-THROWN OR HAND-BUILT PIECE THAT ALONE BARES MY NAME is individually created by me and is unique unto itself. Enjoy!

PAYMENT MUST BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS UNLESS ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE WITH ME VIA EMAIL!! Without payment, notification of payment, or an email from you regarding payment, I reserve the right to re-list the piece and be candid in my feedback. Please pay with PAYPAL - if you need another option - email me! WE COMBINE SHIPPING! Thanks!

SHIP TIMES: We live waaay out and must bring ALL our shipments to the nearest town where we go 2 to 3 times a week. ALLOW 5 - 10 BUSINESS DAYS FOR DELIVERIES. Time pinch? email us. WE COMBINE SHIPPING.

If you are not satisfied with your piece, you may, within 7 days, return for a refund OR REPLACEMENT. YOU MUST EMAIL ME FIRST. We can give you a credit towards another piece or a refund. I CAN ONLY HONOR A RETURN FOR REPLACEMENT OR REFUND IF RETURNED IN PERFECT CONDITION! PACK WELL, SHIP INSURED - USPS NOT A GOOD CHOICE - CLAIMS ARE DIFFICULT! Ship UPS or FEDEX INSURED, IF PROPERLY PACKED CLAIMS ARE REASONABLE. Shipping not included in refund/replacement. Thanks!

The best and fastest way to contact us is via email - we seem to be umbilically attached to these damn computers! :-) robdrexel@inbox.com