Vintage KAREN KARNES Studio Pottery LARGE POT

A RARE EARLY KAREN KARNES MEDIUM-LARGE POT. FIRED IN THE OIL-FIRED KILN AT GATE HILL CO-OP DURING OR JUST PRECEDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF KARNES' PROPRIETARY FLAMEWARE PROCESS. IT BEARS THE FAMILIAR VERTICAL DARK AND LIGHT BANDS OF GLAZE FOUND ON MANY CASSEROLES, BUT IT IS NOT MARKED AS A FLAMEWARE PIECE. MIRROR IMAGE KK MARK IMPRESSED. FROM THE ESTATE OF A FRIEND.

HAS BEEN ON A SHELF IN SMOKE FREE HOME FOR MANY YEARS. WE ASKED KAREN KARNES ABOUT THIS PIECE. HER ANSWER ABOUT THE LIP WAS: "THIS POT WAS NOT MADE TO HAVE A LID, IT DID NOT HAVE A LID".

UNLIKE THE FAMILIAR CLASSIC CASSEROLES, THIS ONE IS SHAPED AT THE LIP WITH. NO EDGE FOR A LID TO REST ON. UNLIKE HER LIDDED POTS, THE INSIDE OF THE LIP IS FULLY GLAZED AND NOT UNGLAZED CLAY AS ON THE LIDDED CASSEROLES.

A RARE EARLY KARNES POT. A PRECURSOR TO HER CASSEROLES. THERE IS NO GLAZE-PAINTED "FLAMEWARE" LABEL ON THE BOTTOM AND NO IMPRESSED "FLAMEWARE" STAMP. THIS POT HAS AN UNREPAIRED HAIRLINE CRACK. THE POT HAS BEEN USED AND SHOWS BLACK FIRE MARKS AS WELL AS SCRAPES, ABRASIONS, AND SMALL CHIPS ON THE BOTTOM. DOES NOT HOLD WATER--THERE IS A VERY FINE CRACK ACROSS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 OF THE BOTTOM DIAMETER, CONTINUING APPROXIMATELY 1 UP THE SIDE. THE CRACK IS DIFFICULT TO SEE WITHOUT MAGNIFICATION.

THERE IS ANOTHER APPROXIMATELY 1 MARK VISIBLE ON THE INTERIOR SIDE WALL AT BOTTOM OF THE POT, WHICH APPEARS TO BE A SCRAPE IN THE CLAY PRIOR TO FIRING AND GLAZING (SEE PHOTO). THERE IS AN ABRASION OF CLAY AND GLAZE DRIP DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE "KK" MARK, POSSIBLY GROUND OFF BY THE ARTIST. ISPLAY PIECE, POSSIBLY OF HISTORIC INTEREST, FROM THE EARLY PERIOD OF KAREN KARNES'S SUCCESS IN PRODUCTION POTTERY, BEFORE HER DEVELOPMENT OF WOOD-FIRED LARGE WORKS AT GATE HILL AND MORGAN, VERMONT. FOR SALE AS A PIECE NOT INTENDED FOR COOKING ON A STOVE.

The item "Vintage KAREN KARNES Studio Pottery LARGE POT" is in sale since Friday, July 27, 2018. This item is in the category "Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\Art Pottery\Studio/ Handcrafted Pottery". The seller is "soundpix22" and is located in New York, New York. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.

Style: American Craft Council Co-Founder
Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
Color: EARTH TONE COLORS/ YELLOWS / PURPLE-BROWN INT