Wood Fired Textured Mug with Ash Glaze #01 (Reserved listing for Joseph)

DETAILS This mug was thrown on a pottery wheel, altered by hand, and made using a custom high-fire clay body. It features an ash glaze, and was wood fired for 5 days in an anagama style kiln. The darker areas on the mug represent how the flame flowed in relation to the piece and where the wood ash was deposited.  The inclusions within the clay bodies I use vary between locally found materials, and select granite counter-top pieces that I process before wedging into the clay. By adding materials that are non-uniform in size, each session of making is a sort of collaborative effort between my intentions and clay itself. With no two pieces ever being the same, each moment of creating leads to new discoveries. The process of wood firing is one full of chance. Generally speaking, it is collaborative effort among a group of people that work various shifts stoking and tending to the kiln so that it fires properly. Work is loaded into the kiln with the understanding that anything could happen,