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Ceramic Sculpture made by Clayton Bailey, 1960-1998

Distillation Apparatus

I was looking at 15th Century technology, and it led me to this. The jugs and alchemical ideas began with Leonardo and the ceramics and technology of his time.
Clayton Bailey - 1987

These ceramic stills actually work by solar energy; producing distilled water daily as they stand in the California sunshine. They look like they could be used to manufacture the collection of rare and unusual chemicals and products that Bailey presents in his large tobacco spit glazed stoneware jugs and bottles.

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