Smoke Fired-Lidded Jar III
Each listing is for a specific jar, photographed from several sides and angles.
Measure approximately 4 1/2” across and tall.
These pit fired pieces are something quite special. The materials included in each firing vary throughout the season. The latest small batch utilized what is listed below as combustibles as well as fine filaments of steel wool and copper wire which offer flecks and scatterings of metallic impressions, most often in a rust color.
Thrown in a light porcelain stoneware combined clay and fired once in the studio kiln, draped in organic material from the chicken coop: wood shavings, droppings, errant feathers, grain and seeds, clippings from the garden, and the occassional metal filings, tucked into individual pouches of aluminum then fired in the studio yard pit where the combustibles ignite to create layers and depth, marking and masking in turn, smoke penetrating bare clay leaving abstract impressions and manifesting a galaxy in a single pot.
See the Pit Fire page for making photos.
Technical Bits
-Pit fired pottery is unglazed and not fired fully so the clay is not vitrified ( mature) and therefore more open (porous).
-While I’ve not made any pit fired work that would be use for food consumption, I have taken measure to make the pieces more water tight using food grade sealant.
-I also wax and buff the exteriors of the pots, because it’s protective and makes them pretty.
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.
Measure approximately 4 1/2” across and tall.
These pit fired pieces are something quite special. The materials included in each firing vary throughout the season. The latest small batch utilized what is listed below as combustibles as well as fine filaments of steel wool and copper wire which offer flecks and scatterings of metallic impressions, most often in a rust color.
Thrown in a light porcelain stoneware combined clay and fired once in the studio kiln, draped in organic material from the chicken coop: wood shavings, droppings, errant feathers, grain and seeds, clippings from the garden, and the occassional metal filings, tucked into individual pouches of aluminum then fired in the studio yard pit where the combustibles ignite to create layers and depth, marking and masking in turn, smoke penetrating bare clay leaving abstract impressions and manifesting a galaxy in a single pot.
See the Pit Fire page for making photos.
Technical Bits
-Pit fired pottery is unglazed and not fired fully so the clay is not vitrified ( mature) and therefore more open (porous).
-While I’ve not made any pit fired work that would be use for food consumption, I have taken measure to make the pieces more water tight using food grade sealant.
-I also wax and buff the exteriors of the pots, because it’s protective and makes them pretty.
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.
Measure approximately 4 1/2” across and tall.
These pit fired pieces are something quite special. The materials included in each firing vary throughout the season. The latest small batch utilized what is listed below as combustibles as well as fine filaments of steel wool and copper wire which offer flecks and scatterings of metallic impressions, most often in a rust color.
Thrown in a light porcelain stoneware combined clay and fired once in the studio kiln, draped in organic material from the chicken coop: wood shavings, droppings, errant feathers, grain and seeds, clippings from the garden, and the occassional metal filings, tucked into individual pouches of aluminum then fired in the studio yard pit where the combustibles ignite to create layers and depth, marking and masking in turn, smoke penetrating bare clay leaving abstract impressions and manifesting a galaxy in a single pot.
See the Pit Fire page for making photos.
Technical Bits
-Pit fired pottery is unglazed and not fired fully so the clay is not vitrified ( mature) and therefore more open (porous).
-While I’ve not made any pit fired work that would be use for food consumption, I have taken measure to make the pieces more water tight using food grade sealant.
-I also wax and buff the exteriors of the pots, because it’s protective and makes them pretty.
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.