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American
(1916–1984)
Untitled
circa 1959
stoneware
10.25 x 6 x 4 in.
Museum Permanent Collection
1984.1046
Ellice Johnston became an expert in high-firing, glaze, and clay-body blends. Untitled is made of stoneware with grog and stained with iron oxide in a salt firing. Grog is used to add a gritty, rustic texture called “tooth.” It reduces shrinkage and helps prevent cracking. The coarse particles open the green clay body, allowing gases to escape, an effective approach for figures with solid stretched arms like these. The sailor’s legs and body were thrown on the wheel, and that form was altered to shape the head. Arms, bird, and sailor hat were attached as the figure was drying.
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