Jim Whalen

My pots are wheel thrown, burnished and coated with terra sigillata. After bisque firing patterns and images are created with wax resist. The pots then go through a two stage firing process; the first is a low temperature salt firing, the second a sawdust firing. Both of these firings produce random chaotic markings on the surface of each pot. The wax resist separates the effects caused by each process into distinct areas giving definition to the patterns without losing the vitality of chaos. The patterns come from the subconscious.