David Stonehouse - Beakers

BEAKERS - personal favourites from the gas reduction firing at Kiln Cambridge. Towards the end of the 12-hour firing at a temperature approaching 1,270°C, the reducing atmosphere inside the kiln transforms the iron in the clay, glaze or applied oxides to produce these wonderful fluid surfaces.

Clay: Potclays Draycott White Stoneware 157-1143

Glaze: Celadon, 0.5% red iron; Leach black Tenmoku, 9% red iron

Pic. L to R:
1. Celadon glaze and Tenmoku glaze
2. Celadon glaze with red iron oxide wash stroke
3. Celadon glaze with cobalt oxide wash line