This piece is hand-signed by Ben Owen III with the year made (2022). The meaning of PATINA is a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued. (a) Figure 2.2 SEM image of a sample containing the green pigment and the. If finished in a wood and salt firing, the salt will brighten the color and create more blue-green hues with random small crystals on the surface. If fired in the wood kiln with no salt added to the firing, the color will be a darker green with small crystals on the surface. Photography courtesy of Ben Owen III, Art Howard, Barbara Wiedemann, and (historic images) the Ben Owen Family Collection, the North Carolina State Archives. When testing the glaze in the wood kilns back home at the family pottery, the results were strikingly different with many variations of color and surface. The Patina Green Glaze was first developed by Ben III, in the early 1990s while in college at East Carolina, as a glossy forest green made from the pigment copper.

Please Note: What appear to be white spots on the surface are reflections from photo lighting. A delight to see and a conversation piece, for sure. The flashes of red are a result of firing the chamber inefficiently and allowing a buildup of carbon in the kiln atmosphere, thus reducing the copper glaze. An Oxford weave shirt in a cotton lycra blend gives you versatility with high style thanks to Basics neat design deta best SHIRTS from Basics - BasicsLife. The typical dark green color of Ben’s Patina Green is lightened to a pale green. The glaze on this vase is a great example of the bleaching effect that can occur from wood ash in a wood-fired kiln. mustard, vitelline, cadmium yellow, pea green bean green, patina green, azure, eel green, bluish, pale cerulean light greenish blue, azure, vivid blue. The Patina Green glaze has a variety of colors as you look around the surface.

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