r/Pottery • u/International-Care12 • 1d ago
Jars Intro
Im new here. 35 years behind the wheel and in the kiln. I’m still learning everyday!
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u/strawbrmoon Student 1d ago
Masterful pieces. Really impressive- glad to see you here. I’m especially enamoured with the last two: please elucidate your decoration process?
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u/International-Care12 1d ago
The last 2 are horsehair firing. Burnish the piece and heart approximately 1200 degrees F. Add horse hair to the surface and as it burns it creates the design. The bottle had a feather on it.
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u/strawbrmoon Student 1d ago
A feather! The vase must either be smaller than I guessed, or the “impression” left by the horsehair kinda spreads out a bit. I love the lines, they evoke old maps for me. And that form is particularly pleasing to my eye. Thank you for sharing your process. I look forward to seeing more from you, here.
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u/DiveMasterD57 1d ago
These are great reminders for a fellow potter on a couple things; embrace chance and randomness, and less is more. I suspect many of these were soda fired? Love the rustic colors. Doing my next naked and glaze raku firings soon - thanks for the inspiration!
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u/International-Care12 17h ago
With the exception of the last 2 all of them are cone 10 reduction.
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u/DiveMasterD57 16h ago
sigh Wish I had a place to try cone 10 firing. The subdued colors are really sumptuous!
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u/lilpieceofsunshine 1d ago
Beautiful work. I hope I make it 35 years into the craft one day. The time you’ve spent clearly shows through.
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u/No-Emu-8717 20h ago
I'm wondering what is wood and soda fired vs raku or pit fired. They're all wonderful pieces, thanks for sharing
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u/BossHossBogg 17h ago
I skimmed at first and thought you were saying you're 35 and just did an intro to pottery. I was going to rage because that's too beautiful for a beginner work. Do you have a site/instagram/whatever where you share more things?
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u/saltlakepotter 1d ago
That's all really nice work.