Green Ocean Bowl

The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.

George Sand

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The vibrancy and depth of my Green Ocean Bowls comes from having two different glazes applied on top of each other.
Applying two glazes on top of each other is a well-known technique in Japanese ceramics, which produces beautiful results, especially in reduction firing.
When applying the two glazes for a Green Ocean Bowl, I achieve the best results when the bowl is fired in the kiln a total of three times.
After the biscuit firing at 980 °C, the first glaze firing at 1240 °C follows. Only then is the second glaze applied, whose recipe I sometimes enrich in advance with about 10% rye flour, so that the glaze does not run off on the smooth surface of the already fired bowl. Before firing the bowl a second time at 1240°C, I let it dry thoroughly.
Unloading the kiln is always exciting: due to the uncontrollable aspects of the fire, the results are always slightly different and sometimes unexpectedly surprising.