Silver Crackled Nights

There is something that is absolutely captivating about these bowls. From the first glimpse as I opened the kiln and saw the light shimmering off their sides, to when they were finally cool enough to be picked up and I could feel their texture upon my hands - I was spellbound.

The outside has a crackled surface, caused by the exterior of the pot being torched with a heat gun prior to be being stretched on the wheel and shaped into a bowl. This dries and forms an outer shell while keeping the inside pliable. The bowl is then stretched from the inside out until it is the desired shape. Because the exterior has been dried, it now cracks as it is pushed out - the difficult part is stretching it far enough to have nice evenly thin walls without having it literally split at the seams.

After it is bisque fired in the kiln, the bowls are glazed and prepped for their second firing to 2230ºF.

The crackled surface provides an incredible surface, that with the right glaze captures and reflects light of it seemingly molten metal surface. For the inside I use a combination of three different glazes with varying applications to instill a sense of movement and effervescence, something to be seen in the night skies with the Northern Lights dancing up above.