@365projectorgjenfurj thank you! It's a special type of firing, Japanese in origin. Work is heated to approx 1000 degrees, then taken from kiln (at that temp) and placed in bins with sawdust and paper for 10 minutes or so, then removed and quenched with water. (There are other ways, but this is what these pieces went through)
So the work is subject to intense thermal shock, and can often break 😢
@seacreature they need to be taken out of the kiln hot or nothing will happen when you put them in the sawdust. With some of the glazes (especially the copper) quenching with water stops the chemical process and fixes the colours (which change dramatically with oxidation) Or maybe it's just to make it more exciting 😄
@narayani Thanks for that. It really is interesting to pick up snippets of information like this. It won't ever make me a potter, but it will help me to understand some of the art when I see it
November 13th, 2016
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So the work is subject to intense thermal shock, and can often break 😢