Test Vase in Brown Speckle Clay

$150.00

This is one of a series of five vases I made to test my bright celadon glaze on a five different clay bodies. The reason for this experimentation is because Highwater Clays, the source of my Ellen Buff clay body that I’ve used for more than two and a half decades, got wiped out by Hurricane Helene—and they won’t be re-opening. Hence, my need to test new clay bodies and new glaze techniques. In this series of five vases, I stuck with my usual botanical impressions and red iron oxide over the church-key patterns. This vase uses a brown speckle clay, and is impressed with peony leaves. The results are intriguing, but not what I was looking for.

5.5” tall by 4.5” in diameter.

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This is one of a series of five vases I made to test my bright celadon glaze on a five different clay bodies. The reason for this experimentation is because Highwater Clays, the source of my Ellen Buff clay body that I’ve used for more than two and a half decades, got wiped out by Hurricane Helene—and they won’t be re-opening. Hence, my need to test new clay bodies and new glaze techniques. In this series of five vases, I stuck with my usual botanical impressions and red iron oxide over the church-key patterns. This vase uses a brown speckle clay, and is impressed with peony leaves. The results are intriguing, but not what I was looking for.

5.5” tall by 4.5” in diameter.

This is one of a series of five vases I made to test my bright celadon glaze on a five different clay bodies. The reason for this experimentation is because Highwater Clays, the source of my Ellen Buff clay body that I’ve used for more than two and a half decades, got wiped out by Hurricane Helene—and they won’t be re-opening. Hence, my need to test new clay bodies and new glaze techniques. In this series of five vases, I stuck with my usual botanical impressions and red iron oxide over the church-key patterns. This vase uses a brown speckle clay, and is impressed with peony leaves. The results are intriguing, but not what I was looking for.

5.5” tall by 4.5” in diameter.