Wood Fired Pottery for sale

Vase Natural Surface Flame Flashed 14 1/2" H x 7" D Item: OLS-WF-129 $ 425 How to Order Shipping Code D
	Wood Ash & Flashing When wood firing, the pots literally sit in a river of flames. Wood ash carried by the flames, has a profound effect on a pot’s surface. On unglazed pottery, fly ash accumulation can produce a natural but rustic glaze. The flames may also impart a blush of toasty color known as “flashing”. Pottery that has been covered with a glaze prior to firing is enriched by the sodium which is a component of wood ash. Fly ash may leave a freckled pattern on the surface of any glazed pot. Wood firing effects are unpredictable. At the end of a firing, fast flowing flames can make patterns by depositing ash on the vertical sides of pots.
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.

Robert Compton Pottery
2662 North 116 Road, Bristol, Vermont 05443, U.S.A.
Phone: 802-453-3778
E-mail Robert & Christine

05/14/13

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