since
1975
Bob Johnson
Psychoceramics
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The drippy, runny effects, as well as the beading of some of
the glazes that you see on many of Bob’s pots, result from wood ash used as a
flux to melt the glaze. The pots you see here are made of stoneware and fired
to cone 6 (approximately 2236 F) in reduction. This means that the flame is
starved of oxygen, causing carbon compounds to circulate in the kiln’s
atmosphere, causing certain coloring agents - especially iron oxide - to react
with the carbon, producing the earthy colors you see in many of the glazes.
Bob is especially interested in photographing some of his
pots in natural settings. Those pots and “pot shots” are offered together as
sets. (Click on image at the left to see an example.)
Before he was a potter, Bob was a psychologist who taught
for nearly three decades at
