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Item OLS-SG-146 |
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Vase
Natural Clay Body Salted
20 1/2" H
x 14" D
Item: OLS-SG-146
$ 425
Photo 0760
How to Order
Shipping Code F
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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"
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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 the pots, in a 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
leaves an imprint of flame flashing patterns on the bottom of the pot. |
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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
06/15/08
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