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Lana Wilson

https://www.schallergallery.com/maker/28/Lana-Wilson

I definitely love to make stuff. For two decades I have handbuilt with pieces of clay, arranging them in layers and making more parts and arranging them yet again. I work until I think I like it and then I might stop. I am greedy for complicated textures, movable doors and drawers, multiple stamped images and unusual glazes that I develop through obsessive testing. For years ethnic ritual objects have influenced me. With my abiding interests in unusual surfaces and ritual presence, I have made altars, teapots, tableware, multi-layered mosaics and tiles. Currently I am interested in functional ware. I paint three layers of colored slip on soft slabs. Sometimes I use newspaper to resist the colors, other times I spatter colors as a final step. I carve out bits, turn them upside-down and inlay them like fossils. The rich mix of colors, inlaying carved out colored pieces in new places give me painterly slabs of color to make into plates, bowls, cups, vases and teapots. Previous phases in my work have included gas firing for thrown functional stoneware, metallic salts on porcelain, saggar firing with eggshells and kelp, electric fired lichen like surfaces, and glaze testing that produced unusual ceramic colors that were toxic, non-functional and undependable but very interesting. This present period is a change; the new functional work is microwave and dishwasher safe. Is this what happens when you become a grandmother?

B693: Main image for Bowl made by Lana Wilson

Bowl

V139: Main image for Vase made by Lana Wilson

Vase

B599: Main image for Bowl made by Lana Wilson

Bowl

SW230: Main image for Serving Bowl made by Lana Wilson

Serving Bowl

P311: Main image for Small Plate made by Lana Wilson

Small Plate

OT10: Main image for Set of Plates made by Lana Wilson

Set of Plates

SW39: Main image for Service Ware made by Lana Wilson

Service Ware

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