Description
This wood fired jar stood right at the top edge of the stack of pottery in my second firing of the test wood kiln. It has been bathed in fire for 24 hours and bears the traces of this journey. Ash has melted into the surface, and the colour has been changed from red to black. This happens as oxygen is drawn out of the iron molecules in the clay.
The clay is one which I have found and dug up myself, transported with my bike, and filtered in order to make a highly usable clay body. This is the highest piece I have thrown with this clay but it was simple and would surely support throwing even larger objects. The inside is also glazed from predominantly local materials. The glaze is made from a local clay, ash, and some silica.
The lid was very tight prior to the firing and has warped slightly during the firing. It consequently only fits into the body of the jar in two ways. It is water tight if you wanted to fill it with a liquid at some point. There are nothing toxic that has gone into it so it is safe for use with food, bread for example (even better: fermenting miso).
