Thanks Pat. I have started designing some pieces such as this one that don't have super fine detail in the chasing that would get all covered up with a patina like this. The very fine detailed ones need to have thinner, less "crusty" patinas. It is fun to bring more color to chased work though so I expect to pursue this direction more.
Posted by David Huang on Sat 02 Feb 2013 09:51:34 AM EST
I love this, I'm pleased to see that you now put the blue patina on chased vessels as well as the unchased ones.
Posted by Pat Holmes (guest) on Fri 01 Feb 2013 04:36:35 PM EST
Red Teapots
Thanks Susanne. I can't say I was looking to imitate the Yixing teapots. I tend to just do what I do and sometimes later find my work naturally developed similarities to other styles. It's kinda fun that way.
Posted by David Huang on Sun 09 Sep 2012 10:12:10 AM EDT
Red Tea pieces
The Red Tea teapots remind me of the Yixing teapots. The design is exquisite and at the same time the Red Teapots look like they "grew" right out of the earth.
Posted by Susanne (guest) on Sat 08 Sep 2012 06:22:06 PM EDT
Thanks Pat. :)
Posted by David Huang on Wed 13 Jun 2012 10:57:05 AM EDT
Love this, I don't have to think what it is, it doesn't tax the brain. It's sheer pleasure.
Posted by Pat Holmes (guest) on Wed 13 Jun 2012 05:07:53 AM EDT
Greetings Nancy. Thank you for asking about larger vessels that might be available. Right now I do have 3 vessels in a larger scale. Two are shown on the website, but not in the "Vessels Available" album. (I suppose they should be in here)
The largest piece I've ever made, "Radiant Efflorescence", is still available. The entire making of this piece is documented in the photo album on this site titled "ArtPrize 2010 Entry, or Making the Really Large Vessel". This piece is $85,000.
Significantly smaller, but still on a larger scale is "Whorled Flow 923" It is pictured in the album called ArtPrize 2011 - "Numinous Community". It's on page 4 of that album. The price of this one is $7400.
I'm pretty sure there is one more still available at a gallery which I don't have a photo of. It is a Luminosity style piece hammered from a 24 inch disk of copper yielding a piece roughly 12" x 12" x 12". I don't remember the exact dimensions, but it's in that realm. I...
Greetings Nancy. Thank you for asking about larger vessels that might be available. Right now I do have 3 vessels in a larger scale. Two are shown on the website, but not in the "Vessels Available" album. (I suppose they should be in here)
The largest piece I've ever made, "Radiant Efflorescence", is still available. The entire making of this piece is documented in the photo album on this site titled "ArtPrize 2010 Entry, or Making the Really Large Vessel". This piece is $85,000.
Significantly smaller, but still on a larger scale is "Whorled Flow 923" It is pictured in the album called ArtPrize 2011 - "Numinous Community". It's on page 4 of that album. The price of this one is $7400.
I'm pretty sure there is one more still available at a gallery which I don't have a photo of. It is a Luminosity style piece hammered from a 24 inch disk of copper yielding a piece roughly 12" x 12" x 12". I don't remember the exact dimensions, but it's in that realm. I believe that one is priced at $2400. If you want to know more about this one or any of the others please send me an email at huang @ david huang . org (remove the spaces) and I'll do my best to answer and connect you with the galleries have the works.
Thanks for your interest!
Posted by David Huang (guest) on Tue 21 Feb 2012 08:45:30 AM EST
Vessels
It appears as though all of the available vessels shown are all of the smaller version......do you have any of the larger version that you could provide? Thank you so much.
Posted by Nancy Mazurek (guest) on Thu 16 Feb 2012 03:05:13 PM EST
Greetings Nina,
Yes, this is a chemical patina. It's a very fussy one to get. It's in the book, "The Colouring, Bronzing, and Patination of Metals" by Hughes and Rowe. In that book it is recipe number 3.1. It's a boiling immersion patina using copper sulfate and ammonium chloride if I remember correctly. The ratios have to be just right and the metal must be VERY clean.
Posted by David Huang (guest) on Wed 04 Jan 2012 10:47:04 PM EST
How did you get that deep red on there? Is it a chemical patina or something else?
Posted by Nina (guest) on Tue 03 Jan 2012 12:31:38 PM EST
