FireboxPlatter
$300
10 x 10
Wild North Carolina Catawba clay
This piece was fired for six days in the sidestoke firebox of an anagama kiln. It's a risky process due to the fluctuation in temperature throughout the firing and to the danger that overenthusiastic stoking might impact the pot. When it works, as it did here, it's worth the risk.
Faceted Wood Fired Vase
$125
8 x 5 x 5
Thrown and faceted sculpture clay, wood fired in a noborigama kiln
Most of my work is functional. I like the idea of people using what I make. This vase was made and fired at Starworks in North Carolina, where I was able to use the heavily grogged sculpture clay they produce. It fired well in the clay program's three-chamber noborigama kiln. I'm hoping it will hold spring flowers..
Pocasset, MA
Firebox plate
$200
4 x 12 x 3
Plate was glazed with crackle slip, oribe glaze, copper red and ash celadon glaze, then placed deep in the firebox of a Bourry Box wood kiln, ultimately in several of the coalbeds below the hobs. Fired there for 24 hours.
Putting this plate into the firebox of a wood kiln, where it would be buried in hot coals for 24 hours, guaranteed unpredictable results. The fractured, nearly destroyed plate tells the story of the firing.
The State of Clay
LEXART - Lexington Arts & Crafts Society
