Avital Sheffer (Australian, b. 1954), Mishmarot I, 2009,…
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Avital Sheffer (Australian, b. 1954), Mishmarot I, 2009, multiple fired hand built earthenware, decorated with painted glaze and transfer print, height 60 cm, width 48 cm, depth 22 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney, Exhibited: Avital Sheffer Origins, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, 29 October - 21 November 2009

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  • Transfer Printed / Decorated Transferware - Transfer printing is method of decorating ceramics, reducing the cost of decoration when compared to employing artists to paint each piece. A print was taken on transfer-paper from an engraved copperplate, covered in ink prepared with metallic oxides, and the image on the paper was then applied to the biscuit-fired ceramic body. The print was fixed by heating the object in an oven, and then glazed, sealing the picture. Early transfer prints were blue and white, as cobalt was the only colour to stand firing without blurring. Early in the 19th century advances in the composition of the transfer paper resulted in better definition and detail, and enabled engravers to combine line-engraving with stipple.
  • Earthenware - A basic ceramic material that is fired at a low temperature. Earthenware is the basis of almost all ancient, medieval, Middle Eastern and European painted ceramics. After firing, the colour is the colour of the clay when it is dug from the ground: buff, brown and red. It is not waterproof until glazed. Creamware is a type of earthenware covered with a transparent lead glaze. Majolica, faience and delft are also earthenware covered in an opaque white tin glaze.

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