How To Identify Early Robert Wyland Ceramics

13 1 4 h x 13 w x 6 5 8 d.

How to identify early robert wyland ceramics.

At an early age he developed a keen interest in. Find 1000 s of antiques art vintage rare collectables each item pictured described and with it s price guide. Robert wyland known simply as wyland is an american artist and environmental activist best known for painting large public murals of whales and other ocean life. Robert wyland detroit b 1956 manatee tribe depicts three west indian sea cows floating and grazing.

Shipping in usa or international please contact for quote both ups stores. The early products were just dried in the sun or fired at low temperature below 1 000 c in rudimentary kilns dug into the ground. Artist of the sea wyland. Bill wyland the artist s 39 year old brother has grown rich by promoting wyland s artwork in hawaii.

Wyland price value guide. Robert wyland 1956 whales lucite sculpture signed. Etched signature lower left. American potters produced a variety of wares named after the color of the clay used but by far the most common american pottery made in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was redware earthenware made from the red clay readily available along most of the eastern seaboard.

It is important to identify paste type and surface treatment first because the same decorative elements can occur on several different paste types and surface treatments. At 376 pages every image every word celebrates our bond with the inhabitants of our water planet. And wyland s aunt operates a coffee shop at his laguna gallery. Pottery was either monochrome or decorated by painting simple linear or geometric motifs.

The final step in identifying a pottery type is to analyze the decoration. It is known that around 7 000 bce people were already using sharp tools made from obsidian a natural occurring volcanic. Plus today s selected wyland for sale best offers auctions appraisals free sales advice free sale prices values wish list and more. Born on july 9 1956 in detroit michigan wyland grew up in madison heights michigan and attended lamphere high school and the college for creative studies.

Pottery marks identification a tricky task at the best of times just got easier with a little help from your friends. Wyland lucite manatee sculpture. Artist of the sea 2011 more about wyland. Earthenware pottery is distinct from porcelain in that it is made from a coarse iron bearing clay.

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