The Lord of the Insects
Everything that crawls and flies in the complex world of insects can serve Ross de Wayne Campbell as a model for his works, he is considered a master in the production of filigree insects in ceramics. Beetles, flying dragonflies - occasionally magnified up to 40 times, skewered in wooden frames or crawling free - shine with beautifully colored shields as do their models.
Ross de Wayne Campbell
Pfarrstr. 134
10317 Berlin
Germany
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ross[at]keramikberlin.eu
Ross de Wayne Campbell's main areas of work well explained:
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.
Engobe refers to a mixture of finely slurried clay liquefied with water, which is applied to raw or also bisqued ceramic workpieces for decoration.
Thanks to its modern technology, the electrically powered kiln is a relatively safe firing method that can be used to fire at high temperatures.
Designation for a ceramic material made of feldspar, kaolin and quartz, with dense, light-coloured to white shards (term for a fired ceramic mass)
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).
In the context of the „Internationalen Keramiktage Oldenburg“ , the term "sculpture/object" refers to ceramics that are not subject to any function.