Original Studio Pottery Soda-Fired Glaze Cachepot

Studio handmade pottery pot with stunning splashes of green, red, blue, yellow, brown colors. Soda-firing process in the kiln leaves behind a unique, one-of-a-kind metallic glaze. Stamp on bottom.

H 3 inches, Base 3.5 inches, Mouth 3 inches, Diameter 4.25 inches

Studio pieces are handmade and may be functional or decorative but are unique in form, produced as one rather than mass production.

Soda-firing is the process in which sodium oxide (soda) is introduced into the hot kiln. Once inside, it will vaporize and interact with the red hot surfaces of the work leaving beautiful flashes of color and glaze. As the sodium vapor flows through and around the glowing hot pottery, it binds to the silica molecules on their surfaces to create a glassy glaze which tapers into gradients of color called flashing. Since the soda fuses to the surfaces of the work in this way, it blurs the line between pot and glaze/surface; they become one. The introduction of this soda vapor into the kiln’s atmosphere which then has a dramatic effect on the pots makes this process, much like wood-firing, an atmospheric firing process.