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An impressive metallic red and abstract resist glaze platter by…
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5-Jun-2018
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An impressive metallic red and abstract resist glaze platter by Shigeo Shiga (1928-2011), circa 1979 the circular dish with wide concave rim, 46 cm diameter. Literature: Jutta Malnic, 'Shiga the Potter', Sydney, John Ferguson P/L, 1982 Grace Cochrane, 'The Crafts Movement in Australian: A History', Sydney, NSW press, 1992 pottery in Australia, Oct/Nov 1979, Vol 18 no. 2, pp 3-5 Freeland Gallery website http://www.freelandgallery.com.au/shiga-shigeo.html other notes: in 'Shiga the Potter' (extract in Supplementary material), Shiga said of this platter: 'The metallic red in this dish, harsher and harder than the colours of Japan, signifies the style and energy of a different land. Before I came to Australia I knew how to produce the glaze for this particular pot, but I had never called on the knowledge.'
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Ceramics: Australian Themes & Other Makers