Joan Zagrobelny

This is a sculpture in a new series called Chalice. It is hand-built, using pinched coils, allowing a highly textured glaze finish. This is a first foray into functional sculpture. These elevated vessels are a symbolic way of offering food to the gods before serving it.

After the piece is bisque fired, I apply a layer of underglaze and fire again. After that firing, I apply another color glaze and wipe off the glaze from the highpoints of the surface, revealing the color beneath, and fire again. This creates a variegated surface.