Out of the Ashes — Woodfired Ceramics
Chester Nealie
Kerrie Lowe Gallery
28 July – 21 August 2017
Born in New Zealand and living for many years in Australia, Chester has worked with clay for over six decades. The pots in this exhibition were all fired for sixty hours in his multi-chamber kiln at Goanna Ridge, Gulgong during 2017. The firing team was Chester Nealie, Elena Renker (NZ), Susie McMeekin and Kwirak Choung.
“It’s a sensuous process, working with clay. It’s soft, it’s malleable, it’s seductive. It’s a love process… It’s exciting but it’s quiet… It leaves the movement of emotion that’s in you all the time.” — Chester Nealie
Firebox image showing seven of the pots in the exhibition
CN01 Firebox Bottle
Woodfired, natural ash over shino slip, shell mark 420mmH $5,800
CN02 Large Dark Green Bottle
Woodfired tenmoku over celadon, shell marks, multi-fired 400mmH $5,200
CN03 Black Resist Bottle
Woodfired manganese over shino slip, resist decoration 310mmH $4,200
CN04 Tea Dust Tenmoku Jar
Woodfired, salt glazed 470mmH $4,500
CN05 Slab Platter
Woodfired ash effect, melted glass, multi-fired 440mmW $2,800
CN06 Firebox Celadon Bottle
Woodfired celadon, carbon inclusion, shell marks, multi-fired 330mmH $3,800
CN07 Firebox Vase
Woodfired, Natural Ash over shino slip 270mmH $2500
CN08 Firebox Vase
Woodfired natural ash over shino slip 195mmH $1500
CN09 Firebox Vase
Woodfired, natural ash over shino slip, shell marks 205mmH $1,500
CN10 Black Resist Bottle
Woodfired, salt glazed manganese over shino slip 195mmH $980
CN11 Black Resist Platter
Woodfired, salt glazed manganese over shino slip 230mmL $600
CN12 Multi-Fired Lidded Jar
Woodfired, natural ash 160mmH $980
CN13 Multi-Fired Cauldron
Woodfired, natural ash 100mmH $800
CN14 Black Firebox Vase
Woodfired, natural ash, carbon inclusion 200mmH $1100
CN15 Firebox Resist Vase
Woodfired, rock glaze over shino slip, resist decoration 170mmh $980
CN16 Firebox Vase
Woodfired, natural ash over shino slip 160mmH $850
CN17 Firebox Cauldron
Woodfired, shino over rock glaze, leaf marks 100mmH $900
CN18 Firebox Jar
Woodfired, natural ash over shino slip, leaf marks 100mmH $850
CN19 Firebox Bottle
Woodfired natural ash over shino slip 160mmH $800
CN20 Cauldron
Woodfired, salt glazed, shell mark 120mmH $700
CN21 Resist Bottle
Woodfired, rock glaze over shino slip, resist decoration 170mmH $980
CN22 Pounder Form
Woodfired, natural ash over shino slip, leaf mark 100mmH $700
CN23 Squat jar
Woodfired, natural ash over shino slip 100mmH $550
CN24 Pink Cauldron
Woodfired, low temperature slip 100mmH $500
CN25 Teabowl
Woodfired, low temperature slip 70mmH $400
CN26 Koru Slab Platter
Woodfired, low temperature slip 200mmW $350
CN27 White Crackle Pounder
Woodfired, white shino, shell marks100mmH $350
CN28 White Crackle Teabowl
Woodfired, white shino, shell marks 60mmH $350
CN29 White Crackle Teapot
Woodfired, white shino 140mmH $450
CN30 Dark Teabowl
Woodfired, salt glazed manganese over shino 70mmH $350
CN31 Narrow Top Jar
Woodfired, rock glaze over shino 120mmH $550
CN32 Cylindrical Vase
Woodfired, natural ash over shino slip 100mmH $400
CN33 Firebox Jar
Woodfired, natural ash, carbon inclusion 110mmH $550
CN34 Firebox Pounder
Woodfired, natural ash over shino slip 100mmH $700
CN35 Tenmoku Vase
Woodfired, salt glazed tenmoku, shell mark 170mmH $850
CN36 Tenmoku Teapot
Woodfired, salt glazed tenmoku, shell mark 140mmH $450
CN37 Tenmoku Bottle
Woodfired, salt glazed temoku, shell mark 120mmH $110
CN38 Tenmoku Bottle
Woodfired, salt glazed tenmoku, shell mark 120mmH $110
CN39 Tenmoku Bottle
Woodfired, salt glazed tenmoku, shell mark 100mmH $110
CN40 Firebox Corked Bottle
Woodfired, natural ash over shino slip, shell mark 100mmH $120