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Vase
Cobalt Slip Salted-Porcelain
7.5" H
x 5" D
Item: OLS-SG-231
$ 230
How to Order
Shipping Code B
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Salt Glazed Texture
Salt glazing
is a process where pots are engulfed in a sea
of sodium vapors and fire.
Salt is
introduced into the kiln at 2000 degrees, releasing sodium which fluxes
silica and alumina in the clay body. This action creates a unique glaze.
The entire
process is called "vapor glazing
When a pot is salt glazed, the side facing the source of fire, or
“windward side",
receives more fluxing activity, producing a glazed finish, which may have a
textured surface like an “orange peel”.
The side of the pot facing away from the fire, or
"leeward side",
often has a subdued glaze surface, sometimes referred to as
“onion skin”.
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Wad Marks
Sodium (salt
glazing), and fly ash (wood firing), create glaze on pots, and on the kiln
shelves where pots rest in the kiln. Wadding prevents pieces, 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 flame flashing patterns |
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Potters Chop
The symbol
Robert stamps on his pots is a stylization of the water sculptures he made in
the 1970’s. The mark a potter uses is referred to as a chop.
Robert also
signs each piece, in small letters, with his last name “Compton”. |
Robert Compton
Pottery
2662 North 116 Road, Bristol, Vermont 05443,
U.S.A.
Phone: 802-453-3778
E-mail Robert & Christine
05/25/11
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