Pamela Summers

I am predominantly a ceramic artist who makes wheel thrown vessels. My original designs have evolved over thirty years as a full time artist and potter. I continue to explore new combinations of form, texture and color.My pieces are wheel thrown on the potters wheel. Some are burnished to a buttery sheen, wrapped in foil with Spanish moss, salt and copper crystals. I then Raku fire each piece to 1500 degrees producing warm earth colored pinks and oranges. Others are Raku fired to 1800 degrees producing colorful and lustrous glazes.I am a ceramic artist who primarily makes wheel thrown vessels. I strive to make pure elegant shapes.My original designs have evolved over thirty years as a full time artist and potter. I continue to explore new combinations of form, texture, color and firing techniques. My firing process is based on the Raku process developed in 16th century Japan for the Japanese tea ceremony.I have taken this idea to a new level developing alternative throwing and Raku firing techniques over many years using modern equipment and various components including using a blowtorch, sodium silicate and ferric chloride.Many of my vessels are fired to 1800 degrees using my own glaze formulas producing colorful and lustrous glazes. Others are burnished to a buttery sheen, wrapped in foil with Spanish moss, sea oats, sea salt and copper crystals and fired to 1500 degrees producing warm earth colored pinks and oranges.One of the reasons I have chosen this three dimensional medium is that I have no depth perception. Creating actual volume on the potters wheel makes me feel I as though I am creating my own vision of depth perception. I work with pure, elegant thrown forms.One of the reasons I have chosen this three dimensional medium is that I have no depth perception. Creating actual volume on the potters wheel makes me feel I as though I am creating my own vision of depth perception.