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Item OLS-SG-62

Pilgrim
Salt Glazed

 10" H  x  5" D

 Item: OLS-SG-62

$ 180

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Shipping Code D

Salt Vapor Glazing

The salt glazing is a process where pots are engulfed in a sea of sodium vapors and fire. Salt is inserted into the kiln at 2000 degrees, releasing sodium which acts as a flux on the silica in the pots.  This action creates a unique glaze.
 The entire process is called "vapor glazing"

 In Salt Glazing the side of a pot facing the source of fire, or
“windward side"
 receives more glazing action and has a pronounced glaze pattern which may have textured surface like an “orange peel”.

The side of the pot faced away from the fire, or
 "leeward side"
 is likely to have a more subdued glaze surface, sometimes referred to as “onion skin”.

The "flash patterns" on the bottom of this vessel,
are a result of “Wads”
used prevent the pot from fusing to the kiln shelf.

 The choice of  wadding,
their shape and the amount used,
are important aesthetic considerations for the potter.

The pattern created from flames engulfing the wads,
 are sometimes referred to as
comet trails.