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Richard has been exhibiting his brother's ceramics for more than ten years. Paul's work has been exhibited and collected internationally. He hand-builds his pieces, a slow process, rather than using a wheel or coil techniques. He then fires these ceramics at very high temperatures, sometimes many times.
A red vessel, such as that shown, is dipped in a golden slip (very wet clay), after being brushed with iron-oxides, polished, and then refired, some times four or five firings, until the desired surface is found.
Textures are applied using a variety of industrial tools, as well as traditional clayworking materials. He is very much inspired by Asian ceramics and other ancient, timeless forms.
