Fire Breathing Dragon
The dragon is a revered figure in Chinese culture. It is a powerful beast that causes carnage with its breath full of burning flames.
It is Chinese New Year at the moment and it's the flames of a wood fired kiln that inflict not carnage but beauty.
Below are some new pots that have just undergone 4 days of constant fire.
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| A small tea pot weighing 219 grams and 9 cm in height. |
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| A nice splash of wood ash in different areas of the pot. |
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| A darker section. |
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| Hat off. |
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| A tea jar, 274 grams. |
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| A Japanese shino glaze was applied to this pot. |
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| A chunky foot right. |
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| I was happy with this tea pot. I'm actually using it now as I'm typing this post. It pours pretty well. |
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| 299 grams in weight and 11 cm in height. |
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| Some good variation of colour on this one. |
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| My seal and a swirl on the bottom. |
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| Right at you! |
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| My favorite tea bowl I have made so far. |
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| I did pour some glaze over this guy. As I did I added different levels of thickness. This resulted in some waves or mountain like lines. |
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| The other side. |
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| A smallish foot ring. |
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| Shino glaze applied inside the cup. Tea looks nice floating around the bottom. Wishing everyone a happy Chinese New Year - the year of the MONKEY. Please visit my online shop at AllinoneCeramics for these and other pieces. |
There are some awesome wood fired effects going on with these cups and teapots! Looks like you had an excellent position in the kiln for this firing, or perhaps you got lucky? (see, I'm learning!) Anyway, congratulations, these pieces are showing much more maturity than some of your earlier ones in my opinion.
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