Don Reitz Ceramic Artist

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Don reitz ceramic artist.

Browse upcoming auctions and create alerts for artworks you are interested in. Life changed for the potter artist and teacher when he discovered and revived a neglected technique of salt firing that yields unpredictable surface textures and unexpected colors. A folk legend of the ilk of paul bunyan and tom sawyer don reitz is highly regarded for his ceramic work. Life changed for the potter artist and teacher when he discovered and revived a neglected technique of salt firing that yields unpredictable surface textures and unexpected colors.

Reitz earned his mfa at alfred university in 1962 where he began experimenting with salt glazing a technique largely neglected by the post world war ii ceramic studio movement. The apparent cause was heart failure said leatrice eagle a longtime. A folk legend of the ilk of paul bunyan and tom sawyer don reitz is highly regarded for his ceramic work. Donald lester reitz november 7 1929 march 19 2014 was an american ceramic artist recognized for inspiring a reemergence of salt glaze pottery in united states.

Readily embracing this firing technique reitz quickly realized that it allowed the clay to keep its natural character and its malleability did not obscure the. Don reitz an internationally renowned artist in dirt and salt died on march 19 at his home in clarkdale ariz he was 84. He was a teacher of ceramic art at the university of wisconsin madison from 1962 until 1988. Salting is a very old technique derived around the 12th century as a quick and quite economical way to put glazed surface on such things as sewer and roofing tile barn floor gutters and storage containers.

Carrying the legacy of don reitz and the ceramic community into the future. During this period he adapted the pottery firing technique developed in the middle ages which involved pouring salt into the. Some sixteen years ago i began to use the salt glaze process as an integral part of my work. Filter by auction house media and more.