MORE IRON & ASH

Illustrated is a medium sized "lip bowl" that I made a while back as part of a larger run of similiar pieces. I have been hanging on to this particular bowl for a time because the glaze came out such a deep, dark temmoku with the ash accenting the piece mostly on the interior. As you can see the glaze breaks well on sharper lines and details allowing the infrastructure of the bowl to show up as well as high lighting the impressed marks made around the bowl. This temmoku glaze has been rather dependable over time but this individual bowl probably is the epitome of what the glaze is capable of and there have been few exactly like it. Besides being deep and rich in color you can see the sheen of iridescence that shows up here and there on the surface giving hints into the chemical composition of the glaze. I am not sure for a fact but I think the base of this glaze is probably the simplest formula I have ever seen for a temmoku and I have nothing more than a splash of clay on a greenware pot to thank for the development of one of my most dependable glazes.

"Serendipity always rewards the prepared."  Katori Hall