Side stacked, scallop shell scars. Natural ash glaze.

Natural ash glaze occurs in a wood fired kiln when ash particles carried around the kiln by the hot air and flames land and melt on the pots, often creating dramatic colour variations on their surfaces depending on their position in the kiln.

Scallop shells are used during firings to prevent pots sticking to the kiln and to each other. Burning away during the firing they leave behind fossil like scars. This pot was laid face down on top of the shells during firing. The fly ash settled on the exposed surface (what is now the 'back' of the pot), melting to form a natural ash glaze which upon cooling hardened into glassy rivulets .

Fired for 4 days in Nic’s Anagama kiln to temperatures in excess of 1300 ˚

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