Grace Your Home With Beautiful Art Made In America
Barbara Campbell was educated in the arts at universities in the U.S., Mexico and France. Since graduating she has taught her potter’s art from the West Coast to New York City, as well as conducting seminars in Mexico and New Mexico. Her work has continuously been exhibited since 1971 in shows and exhibitions nationally. Barbara’s work has become part of major collections across the country.
All dinnerware pieces are hand thrown on a potter’s wheel, then shaped by hand, cut off and removed for drying. The process is repeated until all the pieces for the day are shaped and set aside to dry. When the pieces are semi-dry, or “leather hard” they are trimmed and painted with an engobe (colored clay), the incising or “scrafitto” work is ready it is followed, if applicable, by the pueblo designs. Each pueblo carving is individual and carved with dental and other carving tools. The piece is then set aside to finish drying. When the piece is completely dried, it is bisque fired (a low firing that removes the chemical water). Then the painting and/or glaze is applied and re-fired at stoneware temperatures which are considerably higher than bisque temperatures. The second firing is simply called a “glaze firing”.
Stoneware Artifacts
- Barbara Campbell
