Artist Rebecca Dinar: Chicken Pedestal Bowl
Dinar works out of a 75-year-old co-op studio near the Everglades that has always been operated by women volunteers.
This pedestal bowl with a chicken motif top is hand-built. After rolling out slabs of clay the artists construct each bowl, adding underglaze colors and then carving patterns using a process called Sgraffito. This bowl is fired for 24 hours in a gas kiln.
Gas kilns run on natural gas and fire in reduction, which doesn't allow oxygen in during firing. Reduction firing results can be unpredictable, making it difficult to maintain consistency, so gas firings are most ideal for one-of-a-kind creations, and this unique bowl is a one of a kind and safe for food consumption. Great on a countertop empty or with lemons or candies.