B A N D E D   R E D
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​Traditional Glazed

ROBERT WALLACE
WALLACE WOODS
​STUDIOS
North Carolina, USA
​2025

3 x 15.25 x 10.62 inches
Ceramic, Glazed
Wheel Thrown, Hand Altered and Assembled
Electric Fired, Cone 6, Vitrified, Oxidation, Slow Cooled

"I believe a great bonsai pot should have originality and character, while remaining subtle enough to let the tree be the focal point. This piece features one of my signature profiles with a defined rim and subtle banding for visual interest. The glaze, of my own design, shifts between complementary reds and greens—bold in hue but unified in tone to maintain harmony. A slow-cool electric firing encourages crystal formation in thicker glaze areas. The asymmetric glaze flow offers movement on one side, while the other is balanced, allowing the pot to complement a tree’s individual character and rhythm."

​- Robert Wallace

A B O U T   R O B E R T   W A L L A C E

I have always been inspired by nature from the sublime views from our mountain tops to the quiet beauty of lichens growing on a rock. It is the beauty of age and natural layers formed in ways our hands can never emulate that draw me in.  More than just a scene or image it is the story that nature tells that I want to emulate in my pottery.

My work typically begins on the potter's’ wheel and is decorated with a variety of surface techniques and a balance of refined and rugged components. I want to maintain evidence of the once soft and malleable clay and the feeling of handmade. I work in many different firing processes and each one has its own qualities but with all of them I want to build my glazes, stains, and additive fluxes to create an unpredictable finish often having multiple options for a front, and variation all around. In the end, it is this not knowing what will come out but the anticipation and variation that every firing brings that makes it all worthwhile.

I received my B.F.A. in Painting and Art Education from Ohio University in 1999. I moved to North Carolina and I discovered the art of bonsai at the 1999 Carolina Bonsai Expo. In 2007 completed my M.A.E.d. from Western Carolina University focusing on ceramics, bonsai, and their connections to art education.
 
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