Martin Minderman

Unique VesselsMStonewareRakuGlazeLuster

8 Apr.

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Lush splendour

Sublime colorfulness, splendid shine: Martin Mindermann's unique Rakuge vessels radiate from themselves, they almost physically confront the viewer. The finest hairline cracks and deeper traces provide the framework for the pictorial compositions. The surfaces of his vessels can be read like pictures or maps. Gold- and copper-dotted, deep oceans and floating islands emerge between the raku-colored craquelé of the outer skin.

Studio for Raku Vessels
Martin Mindermann
Oytermühe 11
28876 Oyten
Germany

+49 (0) 4207-3859

www.martin-mindermann.de
martinmindermann [at]gmx.de

Martin Mindermann's work focus well explained:

Glossary collection

Glaze

Glaze is a glass-like layer which, from a purely functional point of view, is mainly used to provide the porous shards underneath (term for a fired ceramic mass) with a waterproof, dense coating.

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Engobe

Engobe refers to a mixture of finely slurried clay liquefied with water, which is applied to raw or also bisqued ceramic workpieces for decoration.

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Gas kiln

In fossil fuel furnaces fired with oil, gas, wood, coal or coke, the fire occurs in an open flame and reducing atmosphere.

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Raku

Raku is an old firing technique from Asia, in which the low fired (approx. 1000 °), bisqued and glazed ceramics are taken out of the kiln red-hot and cooled shock-like in natural materials like leaves or sawdust and then quenched in water.

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Stoneware

Designation for ceramics which, with or without glaze after the firing process above 1200° C, has a hard, solid and dense body (term for a fired ceramic mass).

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