Large Bottle Vase — Iron Oxide

Curator's Note

This is the form Florian has been refining for the better part of a decade — a tall, narrow-necked bottle thrown in a single pull, its surface coated in iron oxide that blooms unpredictably in the gas reduction kiln. The feldspathic crackle glaze pools at the shoulder and breaks over the body in a web of hairline fractures. No two firings produce the same result. This piece is the kiln's decision as much as the potter's.