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Russell Paige
Registered: 21/07/2009   Last Update: 22/07/2009
Recently I have become interested in alternative methods of firing; investigating the processes of wood and soda firing. I am constantly surprised by the unpredictable nature of the outcome; each time you open the kiln there is always a new unexpected effect. I feel more involved with the creation of the work as I am not only directly interacting with the work as I make it but also as I fire it.

This tea set, titled ‘Unheimlich’, is my most recent body of work. Each piece is thrown on the potter’s wheel and then slip cast additions are added to complete the design. The work is then wood fired and soda glazed to produce the surface detail. Finally gold lustre is added and a further firing takes place to finish the work.

The title ‘Unheimlich’ comes from the essay by Freud of the same title. Whilst developing and researching this body of work I came across this essay which explores the unheimlich or uncanny aspect of the world. After considering my first test pieces I began to realise that they seemed to evoke a sense of the uncanny; the juxtaposition of the fluid thrown forms and the precise cast additions seemed to be incongruous to each other.

I began to exaggerate this incongruity by making the thrown forms more fluid, almost on the point of collapse, so they seemed to be completely removed from the design of the additions. The difference between the soda fired decoration and the highly polished gold also contributed to the divide.

I want these objects to evoke the same sense of the uncanny that I first felt, and still feel, when removing them from the kiln and holding them in my hands. However I also think that they can be viewed as beautiful objects, an uncanny beauty, that people will find unique and satisfying.
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Website: www.russellpaigeceramics.co.uk