Anto's cousin and "guru", Michael O'Brien: dishes

Michael O'Brien, master potter, expert in the fields of ash glazing and wood-fired kiln design. Student and colleague of Pioneer Potter Michael Cardew, whom he succeeded as director of the Abuja Pottery Training Centre in 1962. Square dishes and butter dishes are among his finest works.
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a square plate with leaves on it sitting on a black tableclothed surface,
Large dish, Jun glaze, back with iron oxide brushwork.
a white plate with brown spots on it and a black border around the edge is shown
a black and brown plate with an abstract design on it's surface, sitting on a white tablecloth
"Kuba" dish. Low temperature stoneware.
Small dish, about 8" square, from Michael OBrien's latest test of low-temperature glazes for Bwari Pottery Abuja, using Nigerian raw material;s for the glaze. The design is based on Kuba raffia fabric design. 31.7.2020.
a square plate with an artistic design on it
This is a most unusual Michael OBrien butter dish. The glaze is a thin jun over black slip, with iron oxide brushwork covering most of the visible surface. Maybe his best ever.
a square plate with an abstract design on it
Small square dish, 7.5" x 7.5", mixed slip glazes with tenmoku and iron decoration.
a square glass plate with flowers on it
Butter dish, 7" x 6".Greenish weak jun glaze with iron brushwork
a square shaped glass plate with diamond designs on it
Butter dish, 7" x 6", leylandii ash slip glaze with geometric decoration
a brown and white plate with some designs on it
Butter dish, 7" x 6", slip glaze tenmoku with nuka, jun and tenmoku decoration.
a close up view of a brown and white ceramic bowl with square designs on it
7.5" x 7.5" dish. Yellow leylandii ash slip glaze.
a white and brown square plate with designs on it
7.5" x 7.5" dish. White slip with Leylandii ash glazes.
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a brown and black square plate with designs on the front, sitting on a green surface
Large dish 12" x 12", Tenmoku with iron brush work and jun "river".
a blue and brown tile with an orange chair on it's back side,
Small dish, 7.5" x 7.5", Jun glaze with Kaki wax resisted decoration and iron oxide brushwork.
a black square plate with white designs on the edges and sides, sitting on a table
Large dish, Jun glaze over sgraffitto slip. 12" x 12"
an orange and black square shaped object on a black surface with white lines in the center
Small square dish, 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" Iron oxide over matt tenmoku
a red and silver plate with some beads on it's edges in front of a black background
Small square dish, 7 1/2" x 7 1/2". Brushed oxides over leylandii ash slip glaze