Art Pottery Discusses Painting with Fire: The History of the Flame Painting Technique

    ATLANTA, GA, November 26, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Flame painting a glazed piece of pottery can create unique and beautiful designs across its surface. Many collectors of antique pottery vases find the technique of flame painting to be fascinating, and they seek out the most stunning examples of the art.

Art Pottery, the experts in antique pottery producers like Saturday Evening Girls, explains that the look of flame painting comes from the practice of open firing. The artist places a piece of glazed pottery directly into the flames of the kiln. These flames dance across the sides of the piece, creating spontaneous color variations and interesting patterns in the glaze.

An early 20th century potter named Theophilus Brouwer pioneered and popularized the practice of open firing and the resulting flame painting technique. Collectors have come to see this glazing method as one of Brouwer pottery's distinctive signatures, but the technique has seen a revival as modern artists have embraced it as a part of their own art.

Famous pottery artists have expanded upon Brouwer's original techniques to create new and exciting variations through the use of several different materials, including sea salt, copper, and various woods and fuels. According to the experts at Art Pottery, each of these materials helps to create a different spectrum of glaze coloring and patterns during the firing.

"Flame painting is almost a Zen exercise for many artists, and I personally suspect that aspect is part of why Brouwer chose to make it such an integral part of his work," says Manning Garrett, Owner of Art Pottery. "The artist has to release control and allow nature to have the final say in how the finished piece looks."

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Art Pottery buys and appraises American antique pottery. We also offer helpful information for customers on our website as to how to identify and value pottery based on their glaze, mark and shape.

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