Pit fired vase 4
$165.00
A pit fired vase can use a variety of techniques to make a unique, unrepeatable pattern. This one was splashed with ferric oxide, epsom salts, draped in banana peel and seaweed, with a wrap of copper mesh. This is all carefully contained within a tough tinfoil saggar, before being laid into a large brick pit, layered with sawdust and covered with Australian hardwood. The fire is spectacular! A few hours later, after it has burned down, the pit is covered with tin and left for a few days. And then the magic is revealed...
22.5cm tall x 14.5cm wide.
With grateful thanks to Central Coast Potters (NSW, Australia), a gorgeous collective of keen potters who collaborate together to do this work in winter every year.