Reduction-fired work

My reduction-fired pieces explore two historic, high temperature iron-based glazes and their aesthetic interaction with contemporary forms:
Celadon, a soft grey-green glaze originating in China during the Shang period (1600-1046 BC), and
Tenmoku, which takes its name from the Tianmu mountain temple in China and was used on Jian ware in the southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). It was brought to Japan from China by monks returning from studying Zen Buddhism.

These wonderful colours and surfaces are the result of oxides in the clay, glazes and washes being converted to metals under the reducing atmosphere towards the end of a 13-hour firing, whenthe kiln reaches around 1,280°C.