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VESSEL MEDLEY | 33263
VESSEL MEDLEY | 33263, 2022
Stoneware, amagama fired
15"h x 8"d x 12"w
$3,000
PRAYING FIGURE | 33262
PRAYING FIGURE | 33262, 2022
stoneware, anagama fired
4"h x 13"w x 5"d
$2,000
PHALLUS FIGURE WITH HOUSE | 33264
PHALLUS FIGURE WITH HOUSE | 33264, 2022
stoneware, anagama fired
15"h x 7"d x 7"w
$2,500
SEATED FIGURE | 33259
SEATED FIGURE | 33259, 2021
Stoneware, anagama fired
8"h x 7"d x 5"w
$2,000
SEATED FIGURE WITH GOURD AND BOWL | 33260
SEATED FIGURE WITH GOURD AND BOWL | 33260, 2021
Stoneware, anagama fired
8"h x 6"d x 6"w
$2,000
THE POTTER | 33261
THE POTTER | 33261, 2021
Stoneware, anagama fired
9"h x 7.5"d x 7.5"w
$2,250
SAINT TERESA | 33266
SAINT TERESA | 33266, 2022
stoneware, anagama fired
10"h x 4"w x 2"d
$600
ADMIRAL TOJO'S JIZO | 33265
ADMIRAL TOJO'S JIZO | 33265, 2022
stoneware, anagama fired
9"h x 8"w x 4.5"d
$750
AVIARIUM COSMETIC BOX | 23172
AVIARIUM COSMETIC BOX | 23172, 2008
stoneware, glaze, wooden base
7.75"h x 7.5"w x 7.25"d
$1,750
RELIQUARY CARAVAN WITH KUNST KAMMER OBJECTS | 24086
RELIQUARY CARAVAN WITH KUNST KAMMER OBJECTS | 24086, 2009
anagama fired stoneware
14"h x 18"w x 8"d
$6,000
BIRDS OF PLINY | 31834
BIRDS OF PLINY | 31834, 2018
ceramic
2"h x 3"w x 2"d
$350
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  • VESSEL MEDLEY | 33263, 2022
    Stoneware, amagama fired
    15"h x 8"d x 12"w
    $3,000
  • PRAYING FIGURE | 33262, 2022
    stoneware, anagama fired
    4"h x 13"w x 5"d
    $2,000
  • PHALLUS FIGURE WITH HOUSE | 33264, 2022
    stoneware, anagama fired
    15"h x 7"d x 7"w
    $2,500
  • SEATED FIGURE | 33259, 2021
    Stoneware, anagama fired
    8"h x 7"d x 5"w
    $2,000
  • SEATED FIGURE WITH GOURD AND BOWL | 33260, 2021
    Stoneware, anagama fired
    8"h x 6"d x 6"w
    $2,000
  • THE POTTER | 33261, 2021
    Stoneware, anagama fired
    9"h x 7.5"d x 7.5"w
    $2,250
  • SAINT TERESA | 33266, 2022
    stoneware, anagama fired
    10"h x 4"w x 2"d
    $600
  • ADMIRAL TOJO’S JIZO | 33265, 2022
    stoneware, anagama fired
    9"h x 8"w x 4.5"d
    $750
  • AVIARIUM COSMETIC BOX | 23172, 2008
    stoneware, glaze, wooden base
    7.75"h x 7.5"w x 7.25"d
    $1,750
  • RELIQUARY CARAVAN WITH KUNST KAMMER OBJECTS | 24086, 2009
    anagama fired stoneware
    14"h x 18"w x 8"d
    $6,000
  • BIRDS OF PLINY | 31834, 2018
    ceramic
    2"h x 3"w x 2"d
    $350
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Eric Nelsen

Eric Nelsen assembles many diverse objects and images into his sculptures. He uses wood fire techniques, coupled with cast figures from popular culture, that combines elements of Japanese ceramics, American consumer culture, and modern European painting, which force the viewer to investigate. He might use an African mask head, a Tang dynasty horse, numerous archaic vessels, a figure with a posture from the 19th-century French painter, Ingres and a scale model of Noguchi’s “Black Sun” sculpture (all in the same piece).

Early in his career, Eric Nelsen traveled to Japan to study traditional kiln building and ceramic techniques. After returning to the United Sates in 1976, Nelsen built one of the first anagama kilns in the country. Anagama is a technique in which ceramic sculptures are fired, using wood to fuel the kiln, for a week temperatures reaching 2500°F. Over the course of days in the kiln, the pieces, not otherwise glazed, are covered with molten wood ash that builds up into colors that run from gray to brick.

In 1978, Nelsen established a studio in Seattle and in 1981, he returned to Japan to work as an apprentice to Kaneshge Michiaki in Bizen. Since 1985, he has maintained a studio anagama kiln on Vashon Island, WA.

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