Salt-glazed pottery has a near-magical quality that leaves many pottery lovers bewitched.
The immediate warmth and strength of salt glazed pots in porcelain and stoneware make them ideal for daily use or as decorative objects.These high-quality and sustainable unique ceramic items are perfect for any beautiful home.
A stoneware glaze is produced by vaporizing common salt in the fire of the kiln at the height of the firing so that the sodium of the salt reacts with silicates of the ware to form a coating of glassy acid-resistant mixed silicate of sodium and aluminum
- Rusty brown – a feature of the iron oxide used in the final design process.
- Blue – caused when the cobalt oxide is fired in a kiln. ...
- Orange peel color – the dimpled, high-gloss orange peel color does not occur evenly across the pottery.
A salt kiln needs to be ‘seasoned’ before it delivers its best; the initial firings will coat the kiln bricks with layers of glaze that seal them and offers a salt-glaze back onto the pots in future firings. This is a process that develops the complexity of the glaze with further firings.
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