ANOTHER VITAMIN JAR

Small Kuro-Oribe tea jar from a previous firing that was photographed in the sunlight to best show off the glaze surface. Thrown out of a rather sandy stoneware clay once dry enough the surface was lightly faceted to create subtle vertical planes around the piece as well as to open the clay texture and allow many of the inclusions to later affect the glaze surface. As you can see the shoulder and lid have both benefited from a build up of the iron glaze applied over my Oribe creating a fair amount of visual texture and serendipitously allowing the collar of the neck of the small jar to stand out as a rich green surface. Though starting out life as kiln filler, I thought these jars would be good for storing tea but honestly their purpose is out of my control and they can be used for holding  just about anything including holding canine vitamins as I have been informed. It may not be easy being green but apparently they are easy enough to use.