Untitled Ceramic Vessel
Artist
Rick Dillingham
(American, 1952 - 1994)
DateFebruary 1980
Mediumceramic, gold leaf, enamel, glue
Dimensions13 × 16 × 16 in. (33 × 40.6 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Pfaelzer, Mr. Jack Satin, and Mr. and Mrs. John Metzenberg, 1987
Object number1987.66.1
DescriptionCeramic w/gold leaf, enamel and glazes fired onto a crack and reglued as intrinsic part of designeMuseum Notes
As a
ceramist, Rick Dillingham’s methods were unusual and informed by his interest
in pueblo pottery and his time spent restoring pottery at the Laboratory of
Anthropology in Santa Fe. The artist used traditional methods of building and burnishing
his ceramic vessels, which he would then carefully fire and shatter. After the
breakage these individual shards would be individually adorned and carefully reassembled
back into a whole vessel.
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Rick Dillingham
Rick Dillingham
Rick Dillingham