Smoke Fired-Lidded Jar IV
Each listing is for a specific jar, photographed from several sides and angles.
These pit fired pieces are something quite special.
Thrown in a light porcelain stoneware mix clay and fired once in the studio, these were then tucked into individual pouches of aluminum and sprinkled with organic material from the chicken coop: pine shavings containing droppings, feathers, grain and seeds, and dried leaves and clippings from the garden. They then went into a wood fire pit and were entangled in layers of smoke, penetrating bare clay with the combustibles igniting to create depth and masking to produce negative space in turn, giving impressions reminiscent of multiple exposure abstract sepia photography.
Each jar measures approximately 4 1/2" across and tall.
See the Pit Fire information for making photos.
-Pit fired pottery is unglazed and not fired to full temperature so the clay is not vitrified (fully mature) and therefore the microscopic particles are more open (porous).
-I’ve not made any pit fired work that would be use for food consumption, but I have taken measure to make the pieces more water tight.
-I have waxed and buffed the exteriors of the pots, because it’s protective and enhances the richness of the markings.
Each piece of LULA Pottery is made by my hands, and you should expect to see natural variations brought about by human touch.
$5 of every purchase $35 and over is donated directly to the World Central Kitchen-See Giving page for details.
Each listing is for a specific jar, photographed from several sides and angles.
These pit fired pieces are something quite special.
Thrown in a light porcelain stoneware mix clay and fired once in the studio, these were then tucked into individual pouches of aluminum and sprinkled with organic material from the chicken coop: pine shavings containing droppings, feathers, grain and seeds, and dried leaves and clippings from the garden. They then went into a wood fire pit and were entangled in layers of smoke, penetrating bare clay with the combustibles igniting to create depth and masking to produce negative space in turn, giving impressions reminiscent of multiple exposure abstract sepia photography.
Each jar measures approximately 4 1/2" across and tall.
See the Pit Fire information for making photos.
-Pit fired pottery is unglazed and not fired to full temperature so the clay is not vitrified (fully mature) and therefore the microscopic particles are more open (porous).
-I’ve not made any pit fired work that would be use for food consumption, but I have taken measure to make the pieces more water tight.
-I have waxed and buffed the exteriors of the pots, because it’s protective and enhances the richness of the markings.
Each piece of LULA Pottery is made by my hands, and you should expect to see natural variations brought about by human touch.
$5 of every purchase $35 and over is donated directly to the World Central Kitchen-See Giving page for details.
Each listing is for a specific jar, photographed from several sides and angles.
These pit fired pieces are something quite special.
Thrown in a light porcelain stoneware mix clay and fired once in the studio, these were then tucked into individual pouches of aluminum and sprinkled with organic material from the chicken coop: pine shavings containing droppings, feathers, grain and seeds, and dried leaves and clippings from the garden. They then went into a wood fire pit and were entangled in layers of smoke, penetrating bare clay with the combustibles igniting to create depth and masking to produce negative space in turn, giving impressions reminiscent of multiple exposure abstract sepia photography.
Each jar measures approximately 4 1/2" across and tall.
See the Pit Fire information for making photos.
-Pit fired pottery is unglazed and not fired to full temperature so the clay is not vitrified (fully mature) and therefore the microscopic particles are more open (porous).
-I’ve not made any pit fired work that would be use for food consumption, but I have taken measure to make the pieces more water tight.
-I have waxed and buffed the exteriors of the pots, because it’s protective and enhances the richness of the markings.
Each piece of LULA Pottery is made by my hands, and you should expect to see natural variations brought about by human touch.
$5 of every purchase $35 and over is donated directly to the World Central Kitchen-See Giving page for details.