mavin ambrose - Torn

This beautiful girl is called Torn and is new work in Raku by Mavin Ambrose

Last december I photographed Mavin's work at Exhibit A Gallery in Corning.  She had both silk paintings and clay figures represented since I will be doing four more clay pieces for her later this week I think she is finding another artistic love in clay.  You can see one of her silk paintings here. 

The Raku process which creates this shiny shiny glaze, did I mention shiny shiny glaze is very cool and involves fire not just hot kiln but put it in a bucket of straw and set it on fire.  I took a class with Chris Longwell a few summers agoand we had an absolute blast.  Nothing I made came out anywhere near as good though.  

I think I still have a cup around here somewhere.  

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