TECHNICAL INFORMATION

The pottery in the gallery was created using a fuming method. The pots are thrown on a wheel and trimmed when leather hard. At this point they are usually burnished with a metal rib. Some are burnished with a stone if there are areas that can't be reached with a rib.

Once the pots are bone dry, 3 or 4 thin layers of white Terra Siggillatta are brushed on and buffed with an old T-shirt to a high sheen. After Bisque firing, the pots are sprayed with a diluted Ferric Chloride solution.

The pots are fired in an enclosed atmosphere like a saggar with salt and combustibles (sawdust, hay, copper wire, aluminium foil, Spanish moss, etc.). It's important to remember that in an enclosed container, too much combustible will lead to an entirely black pot.

They are taken up to approximately 1500 degree Fahrenheit in a raku kiln.

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