empty minded ecstasy Sculpture

This listing is for one Copper matte Raku Ceramic Head Bust. It is evocative of a face, yet asymetrical, as well, an owl. It appears as though an ancient artefact with this very unique Copper Matte glaze, with all it's myriad variations. It is simply fascinating. His face is black and contrasts with the colour of the body. His shape is very rounded. I enjoy playing with the line between abstraction and figurative. Very simple, elegant lines and graceful form. The special glaze really adds a dimension of the sacred to this piece. My works are first carefully handsculpteds. I often use a kind of Kurinuki style of sculpting, in which the figure is made whole, and then the inside is emptied. After the piece is dried to greenware, then slowly Bisque fired in an Electric Kiln. After the pieces are glazed and fired in a RAKU style. Raku is a kind of Japanese glaze technique in which the redhot pieces are removed from the kiln and are placed into reduction chambers with paper and woodchips. This is known as Amaerican Raku, but sometimes, in order to achieve a greater crackling effect, I use a Japanese style of Raku in which the piece is placed directly in woodships and then follows a laborious process of repeatedly blowing air onto the piece with a bellows, and covering it with more woodchips. Finally the pieces are carefully placed into water. I mix all my glazes myself.