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| First Name | Gail |
| Last Name | Hazlehurst |
| Nickname | gailhazlehu |
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My Ceramics
| In the studio I like to do | Handbuilding, Sculpting, Everything to do with Ceramics |
| Pottery Wheel | I don't use a pottery wheel |
| Clay body | Stoneware |
| Clay Brand | Plainsman #340 |
| Kiln Type | Electric Kiln |
| Kiln Atmosphere | Oxidation Atmosphere |
| Temperature | Cone 6 |
| Glaze | Mid-range temperature colored, gloss glazes for maximum, bright color effects on larger background area of sculpture combined with colored underglazes under clear glaze for small areas of vivid color. |
| You can buy my work from | My website at http://www.hazlehurstsculpture.com |
About Me
| Introduction | My name is Gail Hazlehurst and I am originally from Hawaii but relocated 5 years ago to southern Vancouver island, B.C. for retirement as I am a dual citizen. I handbuild clay wall sculptures and free-standing sculptures that reflect my years of living on tropical islands. The beaches, ocean creatures and coral reefs I encountered there are all inspiration for my sculptures. My wall sculptures have an abstract coral reef theme. My free-standing clay collage vessel sculptures and my coral head sculptures have an abstract ocean theme. I am fascinated with highly detailed, abstract clay sculpture in different forms. |
| What I Love about Ceramics | I love the infinite possibilities of highly detailed abstract clay sculpture. There is always something more to explore and create. I love the way clay feels, its plasticity and 3 dimensionality. |
| How I started with ceramics | While studying for my B.F.A. degree I fell in love with ceramics and decided to pursue that art form as my specialty. |
| What inspires me | The ocean and nature in general. |
| What I'm working on at the moment | I am currently working on a taller, cylindrical, 2 foot vertical vessel sculpture with abstract clay forms exploding out of the rim. |
| My Artist Statement | I clay handbuild my clay sculptures using the slab, coil and pinch methods. I use a variety of brightly colored underglazes and glazes. My sculptures are ocean themed, abstract wall sculptures, abstract clay collage vessels and coral heads. My inspiration comes from the beautiful images I have absorbed from a lifetime of living on tropical islands, the ocean and creatures within it, stretches of white beaches and the shells and corals cast onto them are all echoed in my art. |
| My CV | I have a BFA degree with an emphasis in pottery and I have been a clay handbuilding instructor and an exhibiting artist for 40 years. |
