Eric Moss’ apple-sized ceramic sculptures are finished with simple, bold geometric designs that he creates using a sprayed glaze over tape or paper resist patterns.
Squid
Banded Seed Pods
Strapped Seed Pods
Explaining what happens during this process Moss says “After spraying, the paper is removed to leave a crisp-edged unglazed area which, after raku firing, becomes a black pattern through the glazed area.”
Tipsy
The wheel-thrown, raku-fired, two-part nested sculptures conjure up images of seed pods, jet engines, fossils and ringed planets.
Chevron Seed Pod
“I enjoy this play between the fragility of the pot and the durability of its composition.” Eric Moss
Many more images on his Flickr site
What wonderful surfaces and contrast he creates between the clean unglazed black and the lovely crackled glaze.
Thanks for Triche’s comment: to get neat edges between glazed and unglazed areas, I mask the bisqueware with flexible masking tape and (usually circular)paper stationary labels. The glaze is sprayed on quite thinly and allowed to dry. Then all the tape and paper is removed before raku firing the work. The black smoking is enhanced by introducing moisture into a smoking bin fuelled only with a few sheets of newspaper. Thanks to the Daily Art Muse for picking up my work.
sincerely,
Eric Moss