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Pilgrim
Natural Surface Salted
13" H
x 6" D
Item: OLS-SG-90
$ 180
How to Order
Shipping Code D
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Jomon
Jomon refers to an ancient style
of Japanese pottery
which has a basket-like textured surface. Robert's pieces are turned on the
potter’s wheel,
then, while the clay is still soft, a small rope is rolled across the pots
surface to create this texture.
During the firing, glaze pools in recessed areas, and creates wonderful
variations in color.
Jomon pottery combines the
casualness of loosely thrown vessels and textured pots with the best
qualities of wood firing.
Salt Vapor Glazing
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 F., 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”.
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Wad Marks
Sodium (salt glazing) and fly
ash (wood firing) create glaze on the pots and on kiln shelves where the
pots sit. Wadding prevents pots in Wood Firing and Salt Glazing from fusing
to the kiln shelves.
The size, shape and materials used for wadding,
are important aesthetic considerations for the potter. In addition to
preventing pots from fusing to shelves, wadding acts as a color resist and
reveals flame flashing patterns.
Cord Cut Shell Pattern
The unusual texture on the
underside of this pot is the result of the method Robert used to cut it free
of the potters wheel. Utilizing a twisted cord (one he made for this
process) he drags the cord under the freshly thrown pot as the wheel is
slowing rotating. This both separates the pot from the wheel head and
produces a vibrant pattern
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Robert Compton
Pottery
2662 North 116 Road, Bristol, Vermont 05443,
U.S.A.
Phone: 802-453-3778
E-mail Robert & Christine
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