staying warm this winter with big blue stoneware mugs with oxide details on sale in my shop

up close on the surface designs achieved by pit/wood firing

oil bottles made for cosmic therapy (now anatomical energy) holistic massage therapist

wood firing is an ancient technique of firing pottery and one of the first kiln designs. the anagama design is a large upward sloping chamber, fuelled with fire stoked at the front, the chimney at the top allows the heat to draw through. it’s a very simple design, low impact and environmental cost, unlike electric or gas kilns it requires constant attention and nurturing thoughout the firing to maintain the temperature at over 1000degreescelcius, and depending on its size the firing can take anywhere between eight hours to two days.

i built this kiln in val trebbia, northern italy, where we made pots for the aperitivo at costa del grillo, i could fire only four or five pots at a time and for around nine hours each firing.

the barrelled chimney improved air flow through the chamber and temperature control.

work I’m developing at Maze Studios, Bristol

each vessel is inspired by masculine and feminine parts of the body

between 80 and 90cm in height

pit fired vessels for ‘That’s Not My Fault: Euterria and Other Works’ in the Create Centre, Bristol