Dilly Dally
Porcelain, crystalline glazes, 5.5" x 7" x 5" | by Ingrid Lilligren
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Artist's Statement:
Crystalline glazes have a mystique about them - they are difficult to produce and erratic in nature. When they do work, they are gaudy, spectacular and mysterious. Each zinc based glaze has unique minerals that produce the colors and to an extent, the textures characteristic of these glazes.

In the back of my mind I have been thinking of working with crystalline glazes for several years as I thought these glazes might be well suited to the organic, biomorphic forms I make. They appeared to call out for a decorative finish, something elaborate and juicy. The current pieces use both crystalline and regular high temperature glazes. As the crystals appear randomly on the surface of the form, I think of them as recalcitrant manifestations of joyous play, neither here nor there, occurring in unexpected locations. Being whimsical in nature, they are named appropriately. Dilly dally means to waste time in hesitation or vacillation, to loiter or dawdle.