From the Top

Here are some pots from Ricardo's last wood/salt firing;he ran out of wood and time,so they all lack 20-30 degrees of heat.Ricardo brought me a couple of boxes of under-fired cups and bowls to refire in my gas kiln- a procedure I have done with great success with pots from Meir's kiln [see posts from March 2005].The pots have enough ash deposited on them,but did not get not enough heat to melt the ash.First pic shows rough ash deposit in bottom of tea-bowl.Next up is quite a nice teabowl in Shigaraki-style clay,followed by a small porcelain bottle with lots of Shigaraki quartz and feldspar wedged in,and finally a large flat bowl of Ricardo's.