Lightning Tiger

Artist Dick Weiss

Artist Cappy Thompson

MediumBlack and white underglaze on terra cotta

Dimensions16 x 19 x 3 in. (40.6 x 48.3 x 7.6 cm)

ClassificationsCeramic

Credit LineSeattle Public Utilities 1% for Art Portable Works Collection

Cappy suggested a traditional Chinese cloud as a beautiful, fascinating form. Dick suggested some anthropomorphized plant forms behind the clouds. Judicious splattering application of some white underglaze, and three weather spirits peered out over a cloud in a snowing sky. –Artists' statement