Paul Soldner Floor Pots

This exhibition will cover the entire scope of soldner s ceramic career from his early straightforward pieces to experimental floor pots of enormous size and scale.

Paul soldner floor pots.

From fat necked bottles to figure stamped surfaces. He started out as a pre med student. At otis soldner explored creating monumental floor pots or sculptures which stood up to eight feet in height often with expressionistically painted areas on the forms. Paul soldner was born in summerfield illnois on april 24 1921.

Paul soldner is known for his raku fired vessel forms monumental floor pots and his technological contributions to the field of ceramics. While this process is most commonly understood as a low fired smoked ceramic ware soldner defined it as an evolving art form and an understanding of the. Sep 22 2019 explore dawn adams s board paul soldner followed by 388 people on pinterest. Paul soldner american raku wood fire vase expressionist vintage art pottery vessel floor pot sculpture pacificfineart 5 out of 5 stars 11 1 699 99.

Soldner hadn t planned to be an artist when he was young. His medical aspirations waned after being drafted into the army and serving as a medic for three and a half years during world war ii. Most famously he developed american raku. It was also at otis that he designed and ultimately began the manufacture of the soldner potters wheels and clay mixers that became soldner pottery equipment inc.

At otis soldner explored creating monumental floor pots or sculptures which stood up to eight feet in height often with expressionistically painted areas on the forms.