This thrown wood fired vase form was placed directly in the firebox of the second chamber of the noborigama, and picked up a lot of fly ash as the flame passed over it out of the first chamber exit flues.  Once side-stoking began on chamber two, wood was carefully thrown directly onto the pot, and this piece eventually was embedded in about 1 1/2 feet of burning wood coals.  The heavy iron bearing clay has granite chunks from a local Milford, NH quarry that provide both visual and tactile texture, and the subtle band of white slip on the shoulder adds textural contrast and visual accent.  #4002

$CONFIDENTIAL........8" dia. x 11"........SOLD

The particular exhibition quality piece pictured above was presented to the President of the American division of Hitachi, Sekine Osamu, by NanoVia Ltd, as a corporate "thank you" gift.

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