I like that Mr DeWeese says that he, "is drawn to the beauty and mystery of high temperature ceramics and the element of chance that occurs in atmospheric firings"I myself, love chaos, and elements of chance...at least for me, things always seem to sort themselves out best this way, therefore, at some time would be interested in atmospheric firing.I love the splash of colors on this vase, and the way the colors flow together. The vase seems as though it may be top heavy, as the extremely narrow base; however, it may be able to hold water on the lower half which would give it strength and functionality to hold flowers/plants. I love the look of the rim, with the curls. I was mostly attracted to the colors though...it's just interesting to look at :)
Nice write up! Josh DeWeese is a well known potter and uses a lot of expression in his throwing and glazing. He does a lot of atmospheric firings and embraces the spontaneity of them for his work. Next year we might be able to get a raku kiln going and we can try some atmospheric type firings.
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