Jim McDowell's New Face Jugs
See more face jugs listed at sale prices on Page 1
# 10
Title: The Archangel
Size: 8" tall; 18" diameter
Inscription: FLY AWAY NOW
Woodfired for three days in an anagama kiln in March 2008 with Val Cushing shino glaze, one of Jim McDowell's rare pieces created with wings, it has an unusual and beautiful luminosity. Exhibited in the Mavuno Invitational, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, in 2008.
Note: The actual coloration of this face jug is closer to the large photo above, and not as caramel in tone as the rear photo. The entire piece glows with a pearl luster.
Price: 850
# 12
Title: Via Della Pace
Size: 10" tall, 9" circumference
Inscriptions: GIVE US FREE
HILLARY OR OBAMA
PEACE
Wood fired for three days in an anagama kiln in March 2008; glaze is Hovland fake ash. Heavy beard, eye decorations, and pierced ears.
Note: The colors in these photos are true. The title translates as Road of Peace.
Price: 750
# 14
Title: Help
Size: 8 1/2 " tall, 17" circumference
Inscription: HELP
Woodfired for three days in an anagama kiln; buttermilk glaze with wood ash markings. Toothless and startling.
Price: 500 On sale now for 325
# 15
Title: Br'er Rabbi
Size: 10 1/2" tall, 20 1/4" circumference
Inscriptions: WE WILL BE FREE
DO GOOD ALWAYS PEACEThis piece was woodfired for three days in an anagama kiln; bottom of the jug is glazed with Hovland's fake ash; the top is glazed with red ash; teeth made of broken china.
Photos are very true to coloration.
This piece was on display at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, in 2008, as part of the show,
"A Face Only a Mother Could Love."
Price: 750
# 16
Title: Homiletics
Size: 9 3/4" tall, 20" circumference
Inscriptions: FREE MY PEOPLE
VOTE YOUR CHOICEThis piece was woodfired in an anagama kiln for three days. The glaze is celedon and it has gorgeous golden markings from the fire ashes. His teeth are broken china.
This jug was part of the show, "A Face Only a Mother Could Love," at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, in 2008.
Price: 850
#17
Double handled crock
Size: 10" tall
Glaze: Hovland fake ash; shino; and celedon
Price: 200
#18
Double handled jug
Size: 8" tall
Glaze: Fake ash
with fake ash drippings
Price: 140
# 20
Rounded vase with double handles
Size: 7" tall
Glaze: Celedon
Price: 120
#27
Vase
Size: 7" tall
Glaze: Val Cushing glaze
Price: 90
#116
Title: Shaka, Zulu King
Size: 9.25" tall, 25" circumference
Inscriptions: YOU ARE OUR KING
HEAVY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN
FREE MY PEOPLE
Description: Honey amber glaze on this wood fired piece, African royalty, with lots of detail including simulated cowrie shells, sculpted pierced ears, eye cuts, small beard. Double handles.
Price: 850
#138
Title: "God's Gonna Set Dis Worl' on Fire"*
Size: 11.5" tall 17"circumference
Inscriptions: THE DRUM LEADS US FREE
STOP THE WAR
OBAMA GOOD PRES
Description: Outstanding snake eye crown with variegated green, tan, and black glaze on this wood fired piece; has glaze drips on ears; S-shaped eyebrows create pronounced cheekbones; two china teeth and one cigar held in his twisted lips; heavy scarification; double-ridged base.
Price: 750
*Title based on a spiritual written by Moses Hogan
#122
Title: Burdens Down, Lawd
Size: 11"tall 18.5" circumference
Inscriptions: FREE MY PEOPLE NOW
STOP THIS WAR
Description: Red glass streams down like blood on this gas fired piece glazed with Cornwall Stone; also some splashes of rutile blue glaze; textured beard, five china teeth, ropey lips, and a double-ridged base.
Price: 700
#146
Title: I Been Through the Fire
Size: 9.5" tall 16" circumference
Inscriptions: FREE MY PEOPLE NOW
HAVE FAITH IN JESUS
Description: I fired this jug in a wood kiln at Indiana University of PA and used what the students made and call "garbage can glaze." They put all the dregs of leftover glaze in a can and mix them up. You never know what you're going to get, that surprise element that potters love. He's very rustic and natural looking in a matte finish. The kiln also gave me a surprse on this jug with lovely ash buildup and markings on the front and some on the back.
S-shaped eye formation, scarification, three china teeth, a little beard, and a pipe.
Price: 750
#114
Title: The Wisdom of Ol' Solomon
Size: 9 1/2" tall 20" circumference
Inscriptions: MISS HARRIET IS HERE
LISTEN MORE TALK LESS
Description: This pot fired in a gas kiln; the intense heat at the top of the pot caused a crackle effect in the two serpents encircling the head. With a white shino glaze and brown glass "tears" streaming down the face, this jug's entire head is textured, marked, and splattered. He smokes a cigar, indicating he does not think of himself as a "boy."
Price: 700
