Wood-fired
pots endure long firings (up to 15+ days) during which large
amounts of wood ash collects on the unglazed pots. When the pots reach
nearly 2500° F, the ash (along with accompanying trace amounts
of soluble salts and minerals which the trees had stored) combines
with the clay to produce 'natural-ash-glazed' surfaces. Learn
more.
Saggar-fired
pots collect a 'carbon film' that is released when vegetation
is heated under pressure, in the absence of oxygen. Paleontologists
tell me that the image-making process that I have discovered is the
equivalent of making "fast fossils." Learn
more.
Side-fired
pots are quite literally fired on their sides. Molten glaze
runs and drips down to the bottom sides of pots, and are captured
there in the cooling process. These glaze drips protrude out from
the fronts of the pots, when they are turned upright, and appear to
defy gravity. Learn more.
