WILLEM GEBBEN Large NETI Pot. Ash Glaze - Green Brown 2024 Gray w. Circling Design at Top. Pinched Sides. Traditional Wood-fired #N4.Sinus Relief

Willem Gebben makes traditional wood-fired stoneware and porcelain at his studio, HILLCREST POTTERY, in rural Wisconsin.

All of the pottery is dishwasher safe and ideal for the oven and microwave. This beautiful handmade pottery is not only practical and useful, it also adds an artistically pleasing element to the home and enhances creativity in the daily routines of cooking, health, and dining.

These pots are made using techniques that are thousands of years old. They are formed by hand on a foot-powered wheel and individually glazed, loaded into the kiln, and fired. Because of these processes, each pot is unique - no two are exactly alike. Any perceived imperfections are part of the process. Also, colors may vary depending on the light source, the angle of viewing, and the background.

Note: None of Gebben's pottery contains lead.

This large NETI POT is Wood-Fired. It is Ash Glaze - Green, Brown, and Gray with Circling Stripes decorating the top. These are beautiful Earthy Natural Colors - like the shades of a forest or a mossy mountain glen. It's a unique Neti Pot; the top is smooth to the touch - a nice soft feel in your hand, but the pinched sides have a rougher texture making it easier to grip as well as making it very convenient to hold - it weighs 15.4 ounces - ideal for a larger hand. And the glazed interior makes it easy for cleaning. Furthermore, it can be "sanitized" in the microwave by heating it with water.

This NETI POT has a maker's mark for Willem Gebben, Hillcrest Pottery, on the lower edge.

Special Note: No two NETI POTS by Willem Gebben are identical; each one is unique and the height may range from approximately 2" to 3 1/4 inches, the width from 5 1/2: to 6 1/4 inches, and the base diameter from 3 inches to 3 1/4 inches. Each one holds approx. 6 - 8 oz. (between 3/4 to 1 Cup of liquid). However, THIS Neti Pot holds 10 OUNCES which is 1 1/4 Cups, and it is 3" high, 7 inches LONG, with a sturdy base diameter of 3 1/4 inches.

HOW TO USE THE NETI POT for NASAL IRRIGATION:
A Neti Pot is a container designed to rinse your nasal cavity, to treat nasal allergies, sinus problems, or colds. Many people believe that regular use of a Neti Pot is more effective for sinus symptoms than over-the-counter medications, and it soothes dry nasal passages. This non-chemical sinus cleansing practice, known as Neti, has been used by the practitioners of Ayurveda and Yoga in India for thousands of years. Just fill the Neti Pot with a mild saline solution and join the Yogis in relief from allergy and other sinus symptoms.

Remember, you should use bottled water that has been distilled or sterilized. Tap water is acceptable, only if it's been passed through a filter with a 1-micron pore size or if it's been boiled for several minutes and then left to cool.

To use the Neti Pot, tilt your head over the sink, place the spout of the pot in the upper nostril, and then gently pour in the water. As you pour, the water will flow through your nasal cavity and out the lower nostril. Next you repeat the same procedure on the other side. Rinse the Neti Pot after each use with similarly distilled, sterile, previously boiled and cooled, or filtered water and leave open to air dry.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Willem Gebben is a traditional potter making functional pots. Born in Delft, the Netherlands, he received his BS degree from Grand Valley State University in Michigan, and in 1976 apprenticed with master potter David Eeles at Shepherds Well Pottery in Mosterton, Dorset, England.

Gebben's impressive work is included in private collections throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and Japan. Also, Gebben is part of the Western Wisconsin Pottery Tour, an annual fall tour of Wisconsin ceramic artists' studios.

His wood-fired stoneware and porcelain pots have been featured in numerous periodicals, books such as THE ART OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POTTERY (Krause Publications) and WOOD-FIRED CERAMICS - CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES (University of Pennsylvania Press), and also television shows. Public collections of his work include Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND; University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN; Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI; The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI; and the United States Embassy, Tokyo, Japan.

The main emphasis of Gebben is to create a wide variety of wood-fired functional pottery. Using techniques that are thousands of years old, Willem mixes and dries the clay himself, then forms each piece by hand on a foot-powered wheel, applying home-made glazes before firing the new pots in wood-burning kilns. It takes 18 hours to achieve a temperature of 2,350 degrees Fahrenheit; then the pottery creations are allowed to slowly cool.

Gebben's sure sense of form and expert handling of surface, texture, and detailing make each piece a true work of art. His pottery consists of Once-fired, Wood-fired, and Salt-Glazed Stoneware as well as Porcelain.

You can view examples of his work in the "Gallery" Section under the heading "Ceramics" on Portal.Wisconsin, (www.portalwisconsin.org) an online gallery to promote the arts in Wisconsin. Also, you can watch a YouTube video of Willem Gebben at work (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgb-OsYvVS0).

ARTIST STATEMENT:
“It is important for me to work within the traditional role of potter;
making pots that are meant to be used.
It is this aspect of craft that separates it from the other arts,
such as painting or sculpture. 2024 It is through the elements
of touch and use that the communication
between the object and the user occurs.

I am also very interested in form,
which in large part is what the art of pottery is about;
the tactile qualities, the weight, how the pots feel in the hand.

In this age of increasing dependence on machine-made things
and the worship of technology,
I think it is essential that handmade objects are still made
and used as a way for us to communicate with each other.”