June Issue 2002
Myersart Gallery/Clay on Camden in Charlotte, NC, Feature Works by Robert Hasselle
Myersart Gallery/Clay on Camden and The Queen's
Beans Coffee Shop in Charlotte, NC, present pottery by Robert
Hasselle through June 30, 2002.
A former professor at Ohio State University and Cincinnati Art
Academy, Robert Hasselle has worked in clay and bronze sculpture
for nearly four decades. This Rock Hill, SC, resident has operated
his own pottery and design gallery in Cincinnati, published articles
in Ceramic Monthly, conducted a number of workshops and
served as visiting artist in residence at colleges and universities
throughout the eastern US.
Hasselle creates gas tired, ash glazed, stoneware pottery. Ash
glazing is the first form of glazing ever developed. In the early
Chinese kilns, wood fired pottery collected ash deposits, providing
interesting textures and colors, and eventually giving rise to
the process of glazing. Ash glaze, besides being a return to the
source, is a very rich process. Although it resembles wood firing
and salt glazing in the lively surfaces it creates, it allows
for a full range of color not really possible in the other two
processes.
"In my ash glazes, the idea is to create a broad range of
textures, surfaces, and colors," Hasselle says. "I like
glazes that vary from glossy to matte and thick to thin. Therefore,
one piece will not only have several glazes, but also different
application techniques. Pouring, spraying, and underglazing allow
for what I hope is a richness of both texture and color. Each
piece is unique with color and texture combinations that are never
repeated."
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or call the gallery at 704/790-2529.
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