Featured Thoughts on M Russell pottery jar, Brutalist?

This little jar is 6" diameter and 4" tall. Has this strange Copper and silver design attached to the top that i for the life of me can't figure out what is is.
I did find one other piece by this artist being sold currently on the bay.
M Russell signed RAKU ART POTTERY Vase Multicolor BRUTALIST About 8 x 6 inches | eBay

Here is mine

 

An interesting piece.

The one on eBay looks more like raku than this does.

The decoration on the lid looks to me like an applied combination of foil, flattened wire and solder with a brutalist sensibility.

 

I like this! Probably just a sort of abstract design on the top...

 

Because of the lid, I would not hesitate to use the term "brutalist" for it.

 

I am pretty sure this one is not raku. I would expect to see a black bottom on the unglazed clay if it were raku. Also the glaze looks like it is dripping rather than flashing.

I like it! It is a neat piece!

 

Textbook Art pottery, for sure. I wouldn't call it raku either.

 

Pretty cool, though!

 

Thanks everyone! Yes his other one is Raku, this one is glazed stoneware.
Mikey