Tara Robertson Pottery
A committed stay-at-home mother and potter, Tara Robertson creates her unique artwork in her home studio. Her pottery is all hand-built, with vessels painstakingly formed from long coils or slabs of clay pinched together. A single vessel can take days or months to complete.
Inspiration for Tara's work comes from an eclectic array of sources; her active little daughter, numerous houseplants, the hills around her house, friends' work at the lab where she is a teacher's assistant, and textured wall treatments. Her new series reflect her willingness to push the clay in new directions and her love of whimsical shapes
Artistic Philosophy
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. "---Scott Adams
Tara Robertson's other sites
http://www.trpottery.etsy.com
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http://tararobertsonpottery.net
Tara's Personal Website1 point
My Pottery Blog
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http://www.trpottery.myartplot.com
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Some of Tara's Methods
- Pit Firing
- Beautiful effects can be created on the surface of a pot by simply wrapping it in "gunk" and burning it in an open pit fire. Here is Tara's complete pit firing method.
- Achieving Brilliant Blues in Saggar Firing
- Historically, Saggars were used to protect glazes and wares from the open flame, gases, and ash inherent in wood kilns. Saggars were constructed of large clay jars or brick boxes placed inside the kiln. Contemporary potters, instead of trying to protect the pot, actually fill these boxes with combustible materials. The fuming stuff leaves exciting marks on the pot. After finally finding how to get blue in a Saggar firing, Tara is sharing recipes and results.
- Creating and Using Clay Stamps
- You can never get enough texture on the ceramic surface! A great way to get unique impressions is by making and using individual clay stamps. The link above outlines methods and clay stamp making resources.
- Painted Pots
- A pot doesn't always neccessarily need to be glaze-fired to be finished. Here are some unconventional alternatives to glazing.
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byFavorite Pottery Books
Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface
Amazon Price: $29.69 (as of 07/26/2008)
The Art of Handbuilt Ceramics
Amazon Price: $34.80 (as of 07/26/2008)
500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form (500 Series)
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/26/2008)
Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques: Raku * Saggar * Pit * Barrel (A Lark Ceramics Book)
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 07/26/2008)
The Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists (A Lark Ceramics Book)
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/26/2008)
Guestbook
Comments, questions, random musings....
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Lexi
Wonderful lens, five stars! Posted March 20, 2008 |
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kathysart
I didn't mention before to you, I don't think anyway, that I made my living for twenty years with pottery.. I also write poetry... we have a lot in common! Posted February 09, 2008 |
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SusanShaw
Great lens--very cool pottery! Posted January 10, 2008 |
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PenneysCollectibles
Hi Tara, liked your lense and gave you a lensroll. Keep up the good work! Posted September 12, 2007 |
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stacirosedesigns
I found you! Great Lens! Gorgeous work! :) Posted September 09, 2007 |
