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. Robert wyland detroit b 1956 manatee tribe depicts three west indian sea cows floating and grazing. At 376 pages every image every word celebrates our bond with the inhabitants of our water planet. 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. Artist of the sea 2011 more about wyland.

Artist of the sea wyland. At an early age he developed a keen interest in. We have a public forum here on this site with over 2000 pages of pottery mark queries and answers. Find 1000 s of antiques art vintage rare collectables each item pictured described and with it s price guide.

Bill wyland the artist s 39 year old brother has grown rich by promoting wyland s artwork in hawaii. Artist of the sea is the largest and most comprehensive full color retrospective of wyland marine life art ever created. 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 known that around 7 000 bce people were already using sharp tools made from obsidian a natural occurring volcanic.

Wyland price value guide. This is the most specific of the elements identifying a ceramic type. Wyland lucite manatee sculpture. Earthenware pottery is distinct from porcelain in that it is made from a coarse iron bearing clay.

Pottery was either monochrome or decorated by painting simple linear or geometric motifs. Browse free wyland price value guide. Etched signature lower left. Plus today s selected wyland for sale best offers auctions appraisals free sales advice free sale prices values wish list and more.

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. And wyland s aunt operates a coffee shop at his laguna gallery. The final step in identifying a pottery type is to analyze the decoration. 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.

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.