#salt fired

[darewolfcreates]

Some old shopping channel videos that partially recorded over my cartoons as a kid, thought I'd upload them here for archival purposes (2/3)

BEHOLD. CUP. that's vaguely triangular- Made this during the fever of having like 2 weeks to throw 50 pieces. I died a few times but I'm ok. This piece was fired in a wood fired salt kiln. Finally got to have an (2) over night shift! Was very fun.

I swear it's not as wobbly in person- if you could see the set up I used to film this you would vomit. Don't get me wrong. It's not my best work, but the fact this was held up on several scrap pieces of wood from the burn pile and then sat on top of a folded up pillowcase that I couldn't remove a ridge in the middle from making it even more wonky. BUT I DIGRESS.

[hertist-art]

Sculptures from Ceramic/Sculpture Class [Part 2]

Kiln God-- 2019, Ceramic [Raku fired]

Puppy-- 2019, Ceramic [Gas fired]

Goat Child-- 2019, Ceramic [Raku fired]

Mini Trapper-- 2019, Ceramic [Salt fired]

Dutch Crunch Bears-- 2019, Ceramic [Raku fired, Mixed Media]

Mothball and 5.0.5-- 2019, Ceramic [Electric fired, Underglazes]

[tser]

Cone 6 Salt Fired Stoneware

I don’t do much sculpture anymore because I usually have a list of commissions to get done that take up all my time. This was actually sculpted in 2010 but I never got around to glazing it, until now! When I originally sculpted it I had access to a glaze that, when combined with this clay body, came out perfect banana slug olive yellow, but our studio ditched it right after this came out of the bisque because it contained cadmium. Augh! So it’s just been sitting on my shelf.

But this term I decided to put it in the salt kiln, and I can’t be more happy with how it came out! It was not glazed prior to being fired; that lovely brown orange peel texture is all salt that vaporized in the kiln’s high temperature and reacted with the silica in the clay to form a glaze.

This slug now lives in one of my bioactive planted vivariums.

Here is a video I’ve made of an “urban salt firing”. It’s a gutted electric kiln retrofitted for gas firing, fed with brine-soaked wood and bamboo “bombs” stuffed full of salt! Here are a few posts I made on Instagram of the firing that included my slug sculpture: one, two, three!

In fall we’re building a large soda kiln. I can’t wait. I’ve only done salt fire before so soda will be new to me!

[70slesbian]

a salt fired plate with a celadon glaze on a dark iron rich clay

[70slesbian]

i made these little salt fired milk jugs 🥺

[theschallergallery-blog]

Courtney Martin is a full-time studio potter living and working in the mountains of North Carolina near Penland.

Schaller Gallery

[artbyhashlet]

I made some more planters!

[artbyhashlet]

I made some cute pots and bought some cute plants.