On-Line Sales
 Gallery

Christine Homer Weaving

On-Line Sales Gallery
Salt Glazed Pottery

How to Order
Item OLS-SG-145

Urn
 Natural Clay Body Salted
11 " H  x  7" D - 216 Cubic Inches

Item: OLS-SG-145
$ 220- SOLD

How to Order
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”.

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.