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Playas
2002
JAMES WATKINS (AMERICAN)
Ceramic
F. Marie Hall Synergistic Center
Watkins’s work was inspired by the richly textured irrigation
circles and reflective playa lakes seen from high above
the West Texas landscape. To translate his memories of the
region’s patterned terrain into a work of art, the artist created
each tile on a potter’s wheel and employed four different
firing techniques, including: Raku, Sagger, Furning, and local
reduction with horse hair.
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