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MURALS
 The following murals are made of a clay body I constructed which is capable of absorbing extreme shrinkage stresses and is formulated to work with our alkaline glazes. This allowed for the construction of one-piece, i.e. seamless, one inch thick slabs of up to 36 inches by 24 inches, the maximum size my kiln allowed, and a high relief of about 12 inches. I started to treat these murals as a canvas for oil paint and other mediums post firing, instead of glazing them. These murals are labelled 'Once-fired'. The other murals, with the exception of Old Man Tree, are also made of my high tensile clay, but are glazed in a traditional manner.

O! Sweet Georgia O'Keefe
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Once-fired, 32x24 in, 12 in. relief. Oil paint, gold leaf

EVEN URCHINS EXPLORE
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Rutile glaze on black slip, 34x15 in
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Blue glazes, 30x14 in.


​Limoncello
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Calcium glaze, 32x12 in

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Soda blue glaze, 40H x 20W in.

​The Square of Life

Kalà
PictureOnce-fired, oil, gold leaf, 33 x 14 in,







Old Man Tree
PictureTenmoku glaze on stoneware ​30 x 20 in





                                            ILLUVIA
PictureFountain mural/murale fontaine, 40x26 in chrome glz, metal work by José Rodrigo




NAKWA
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Once-fired, stains, oil, 34x24 in, 10 in. high-relief
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Craft Council of BC Gallery

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