Bowl: Orb Prairie 6.75"w

These orb bowls are tricky to throw and trim, but they are fun.  They are double walled and have hollow sides.  They are great for elevating a dish or serving as a centerpiece or as an elegant catch-all.

These glaze colors remind me of the prairie areas in our parks in Chicago.

Each soda fired piece is one-of-a-kind as atmospheric firings are unpredictable and can yield stunning results.  Soda firing takes an enormous amount of time, energy, labor and resources and is usually a community effort.  In the soda firing process, soda ash (sodium carbonate) is added to the kiln at cone 9 (2300°) and the sodium vapor combines with silica in clay to form sodium-silicate glaze.  The soda also interacts with the slips and glazes to create swirling unpredictable colors that shift and change around the piece.  The marks on the bottom are from the wadding used to hold the piece up off the kiln shelf so that glaze drips won’t fuse it to the shelf.  They can leave lovely flame marks and are a telltale sign a piece is soda fired, though they don’t always happen, especially in low soda areas of the kiln.

Food Safe. Dishwasher ok, hand washing preferred.