This vase was hand thrown and altered by me. This vase is miniature, standing 3 inches tall. It was fired in a wood-fueled kiln, which lead to its magical coloring, different on each side of the piece.
Every wood-fired ceramic piece was part of a communal firing, lasting over 30 hours, reaching 2300 degrees. Each the wood-fired kiln is fired is a labor of love from our ceramic community because unlike an electric kiln, the wood-fired kiln needs to be fed over the course of the firing.
For over two days ceramic artists in the community take shifts stoking the kiln, which needs fresh wood at different frequencies, from once an hour to once every ten minutes. The hard work is worth it because it creates results like no other! Inside the kiln the ash from the burned wood flies up and lands on all the pieces. Once the kiln reaches temperature the ash melts and forms a glaze, on the bare clay body or interacting with the existing glaze. Each side of the piece will look different because the side closest to the fire will get the largest amount of the wood ash.
This vase was hand thrown and altered by me. This vase is miniature, standing 3 inches tall. It was fired in a wood-fueled kiln, which lead to its magical coloring, different on each side of the piece.
Every wood-fired ceramic piece was part of a communal firing, lasting over 30 hours, reaching 2300 degrees. Each the wood-fired kiln is fired is a labor of love from our ceramic community because unlike an electric kiln, the wood-fired kiln needs to be fed over the course of the firing.
For over two days ceramic artists in the community take shifts stoking the kiln, which needs fresh wood at different frequencies, from once an hour to once every ten minutes. The hard work is worth it because it creates results like no other! Inside the kiln the ash from the burned wood flies up and lands on all the pieces. Once the kiln reaches temperature the ash melts and forms a glaze, on the bare clay body or interacting with the existing glaze. Each side of the piece will look different because the side closest to the fire will get the largest amount of the wood ash.
