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These
unique raku fired ceramic art wall plates reflect the diverse and multi-disciplinary
experience of Melvyn Malkin. His prodigious career spans decades of design
and artistic achievements.Mel's background in art includes degrees in Architecture
and Fine Arts (drawing and printmaking). For many years he practiced architecture
and continued to show drawings and prints in commercial galleries. Work
in clay started in 1989 and he is largely self taught in this medium. The
results reflect his personal experience augmented by numerous international
ceramic workshops .Raku is a firing technique. The work is fired in an
already hot kiln and removed, while hot, after the glaze is melted. The
technique was developed in Japan in the 16th Century. Originally the hot
pieces were left in the air to cool. American practitioners added a post
firing reduction step. The hot clay work is placed in combustible material
and the fire covered with a lid, to produce an oxygen deficient atmosphere
( reduction). This reduction step produces the wonderful metallic lustres
and inky blacks so recognizable in contemporary raku ceramics.Mel's work
is all hand-built of slab construction. His long experience in raku firing
has included glaze development producing a full color spectrum unusual
in raku work. This color range, combined with the metallic lustres, produces
remarkable imagery. Integrating his background in architecture, drawing
printing and ceramics with the raku firing process, Mel's works are remarkable
and distinctive.Mel is represented by twenty five art and craft galleries
across Canada and the USA. He is the recipient of numerous design awards.
His work is regularly included in group and solo ceramic shows and is held
in many individual, art gallery and corporate collections.
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Raku
Sheep
$28.00
each |
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Raku
Sheep
$28.00
each |
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Raku
Sheep
$28.00
each |
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Raku
Pears
$30.00
each |
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