Paul Soldner Bottles
American, 1921-2011
After studying under Peter Voulkos at the Los Angeles County Art Institute, Denver native Paul Soldner (1921–2011) became a pottery professor there in the 1960s, when the revolutionary California Clay Movement took root.
Soldner pioneered American-style raku firing methods, experimental updates of the centuries-old Japanese process, which involve pulling red-hot sculptures out of the kiln to be bathed in smoke or dipped in cold water, resulting in beautifully frazzled glazes.
“These new firing and post-firing reduction methods often led to spontaneous, unpredictable and quite wonderful results,” says Greg Nielson, of Dwell Floor Five, in Studio City, California.
Soldner’s raku vases, for instance, with their charred surfaces, seem to smile humbly through the scars of their past adversity.
Alongside the likes of Toshiko Takaezu, Soldner innovated chunky, funky ceramics in the mid-century and beyond. He is one Voulkos student at whom enthusiasts should take a serious look, advises dealer Jayson Lawfer.
The owner of The Nevica Project, a gallery with venues in Chicago and Kansas City, Lawfer explains that Soldner “was a master of raku and was credited with bringing the historic Asian technique to the U.S.” He adds that “Soldner used simple techniques of throwing pottery on the wheel, but to make his sculptural forms more interesting, he also pressed burlap into the clay and stepped on it to give it different textures."
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Creator: Paul Soldner
Poul Soldner Raku-Fired Crazed Pedestal Piece
By Paul Soldner
Located in Chicago, IL
Paul Soldner Raku-Fired Crazed Pedestal Piece, Exhibited and published in Paul Soldner "A Retrospective" 1991
Page 97, Pedestal Piece (84-49) 1984, c...
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Poul Soldner Raku-Fired Crazed Pedestal Piece Vessel
By Paul Soldner
Located in Chicago, IL
Poul Soldner Raku-Fired Crazed Pedestal Piece Vessel 1983
marked underside 83-28-6283
Sodner attended the Los Angeles County Art Institute, and became Peter Voulkos's first student i...
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1980s American Brutalist Vintage Paul Soldner Bottles
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$7,600 Sale Price
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Paul Soldner California Studio Stoneware Pottery Vase
By Paul Soldner
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A spouted stoneware bottleneck vase with tenmoku glaze created by Paul Soldner of Claremont, California, circa 1960. Vase stands 9 1/8" in height and is signed Soldner on the bottom....
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Soldner Bottles
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Paul Soldner bottles for sale on 1stDibs.
Paul Soldner bottles are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of stoneware and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Paul Soldner bottles, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original bottles by Paul Soldner were created in the mid-century modern style in united states during the 1960s. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider bottles by and Blenko. Prices for Paul Soldner bottles can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $3,800 and can go as high as $3,800, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,800.