The final post in the October woodfire saga, which began with loading and firing and continued with unloading Gary the Groundhog. Thanks to Matt for the invite and also to Simon, since this all happened at his place. (Unfortunately, he was out of town for all but five minutes or so of the time I spent there!)

Caveat: These are only a few of the pieces. Missing here are a pile of teabowls – four of which went for a second ride in WCC’s anagama, Honey, to good end. The other group absent are the pods.

Forms. Clay has been amended with coarse grog, fine grog, sawdust, alumina, wollastonite, and possibly the kitchen sink.

Space.  My interests in these pieces are in the relationship between objects and space, the way that material and process inform the object.

Wall form. I enjoy this as a 2D image.

Wallforms. I started looking at getting the pieces to have more ‘front’ sides and made these. Added a bunch of custer to the clay, knowing that it would be a crusty and possibly cool firing. I’m happy with the satiny surface achieved, the good melt on the ash.  My notion in loading with ash bermed against them in some places was to start to get into a sort of geological stratification, which wasn’t successful here… but the idea remains one of interest.

The space between… again, my larger concern is the object-space relationship.

A pair. This is my favorite form at the moment. I wonder what other forms start to get at the same idea.

Detail. I enjoy how the texture informs without overwhelming.

And I close with this. It’s the one piece I would keep, if forced to pick only one. The hypothetical house-burning-down scenario. I enjoy the space that it holds.