Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Woodfired Single Bud Vases



These single bud vases were wheel thrown in white stoneware. The top has been capped with limoges porcelain. They were fired to cone 12 in a small fast firing wood kiln that I constructed while on an artist's residency in Denmark. The unique grey markings are carbon trapping and the warm peachy tones are a desired effect of woodfiring calling blushing. They are glazed with a shino glaze on the body and a celadon on the top. The green drippy blobs are also a much sought after effect of melted wood ash.

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