Tall Forms
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Creator
Dale Huffman
Title
Tall Forms
Date
2017
Format
Woodfired ceramics
Description
These forms are wheel thrown and altered. On good days I’m able to play and dance with the clay. The flow can be magical. Close to the edge of what I understand, often days, weeks, or even years can pass before I’m able to grasp what the clay and I have done together.
I’ve fired my pots with wood for over twenty years now. The work in the front portion of the kiln is loaded into the kiln naked of glaze. The ash produced by the fire, roaring through the pieces on its rapid trip from the firebox to the chimney, will melt and clothe them in glaze. Other pieces will deflect this river of flame and ash, there will be differences between windward and leeward sides of the work, and there will be scars from work sticking together as it warps and shifts from days in white heat. These effects provide decoration - decoration that I can guide, but cannot completely control.
I’ve fired my pots with wood for over twenty years now. The work in the front portion of the kiln is loaded into the kiln naked of glaze. The ash produced by the fire, roaring through the pieces on its rapid trip from the firebox to the chimney, will melt and clothe them in glaze. Other pieces will deflect this river of flame and ash, there will be differences between windward and leeward sides of the work, and there will be scars from work sticking together as it warps and shifts from days in white heat. These effects provide decoration - decoration that I can guide, but cannot completely control.
Subject
About Dale Huffman: After earning his BS in Physics (1972) from Carnegie Mellon University and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1976), Dale Huffman spent nearly two decades as a full-time studio artist.
Dale has an active exhibition schedule, largely national and international. He has conducted workshops in Denmark, Spain, Sweden, and the USA. Dale’s work and writings about ceramics have been included in books and leading periodicals from England, Germany, Ireland, Australia and the United States. Dale has designed and built numerous kilns, including the wood kiln that he established in 1998 near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dale is currently a Professor of Art and Chair of the Art Department at Carlow University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dale has an active exhibition schedule, largely national and international. He has conducted workshops in Denmark, Spain, Sweden, and the USA. Dale’s work and writings about ceramics have been included in books and leading periodicals from England, Germany, Ireland, Australia and the United States. Dale has designed and built numerous kilns, including the wood kiln that he established in 1998 near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dale is currently a Professor of Art and Chair of the Art Department at Carlow University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Dale Huffman, “Tall Forms,” Ten out of Ten, Carlow Gallery, accessed May 3, 2024, https://10outof10.omeka.net/items/show/20.