Spectrum’s Tarnished Silver is an interesting glaze, with results ranging from matte silver to luscious dark green with a hint of metallic. As the glaze flows over edges and pools in recesses, it creates nice drama between the green and silver, making this an excellent glaze for carved pieces, or pieces with nice throwing marks or other texture. At the same time, however, it looks very nice on a smooth surface, offering some nice striations as it flows during the firing.
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Tarnished Silver over (l-r) Flint Hills Earthenware White, Standard Mocha, Flint Hills Earthenware Red
Outside: 2 coats tarnished silver with 2 coats Espresso over top half only, reverse inside
Outside: 2 coats tarnished silver with 2 coats Espresso over top half only, reverse inside
Meteor Shower over Tarnished Silver
Tarnished Silver over Meteor Shower
Tarnished silver on a smooth surface
Tarnished silver on a smooth surface, detail
Tarnished Silver over Camel
Camel over Tarnished Silver
Camel over Tarnished Silver, detail
![Jordan Alexzandra is currently studying art at Millersville University. In addition to Ceramics and painting, she also studies psychology, anthropology, and English. “I’ve been an artist throughout my entire life, but it wasn’t until recently that I called myself a ceramicist. My work has gone through a long journey of finding the perfect medium, which is now clay,” she writes. She’s just starting her journey, taking her first ceramics class in high school, but I see so much promise in her. Her experiences with clay give her many teachable moments in patience, planning, and time management, which she applies to her full-time studies in Psychology.
During a Summer break and away from the clay studio, she found herself without a rudder and focused her angst and her energy toward exploring naturally dyed silk and yarn. She found solace in the world of textiles and fiber art. Her minimalist pre-Columbian clay forms mesh well with the purity of cotton and silk. Her current body of work is titled, “Cotton.” In addition to the sampling of photos included in this profile, there are many more at her website (link in our bio).
Jordan said, “I desire that this work also sparks conversation of African - American history. The embodiment of being one of the few Black students in college in most of my classes, it is a conversation that follows me. Clay as a direct connection to the multiple cultures that make me who I am, to cotton that cloaks not only a dark history but to the environmental costs of the plant.“ [by Anne]](https://www.brackers.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
