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Kenneth Standhardt creates these vessels on the
potter’s wheel. When a vessel is leather-hard he creates up
to five thousand individual indentations on the surface. He
uses handmade steel tools to gradually create even, geometric
patterns, then fires each one in an outdoor raku kiln. As soon
as the pieces are removed from the firing, while they’re still
glowing red, they’re buried in a mound of sawdust. This treatment
gives the pots their soft, carbon-colored finish. Standhardt’s
work is greatly inspired by a particular style of primitive
vessel-making that involved pressing a layer of clay onto the
interior surface of a basket. Standhardt strives for his work
to recreate these geometric patterns and convey the same strength
of form, pattern, and texture.
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