Woodfired Iris Mug 14oz *Heavy Ash

Irises bloom across the surface of this handmade, woodfired mug. The piece was made on the pottery wheel by Rob and then given to Jess to illustrate (this piece was created with a technique called Mishima - incising and then inlaying into the drawing, one of the last she created with this technique before her illness). .

The interior glaze is a soft pale ice blue that reminds us of snow and ice, and the exterior is alive with the toasty colors of wood firing, created by the path of flame and the blue purple and grey tones of ash. The side that faced the fire is coppery and warm, and the side that faced the ash is cool blue, the contrast striking. This piece will not be for everyone, as the drawing was softened and blurred by the path of the ash, but, if you can appreciate that fire co-created this piece, it is quite lovely to have the mark of process upon it.

All pieces are made by hand, and have the traces of being touched and formed on them - sometimes that’s asoft unevenness, or gently waving rim, or the fingerprint of the artist in the clay, or being able to see where drawings made directly on the surface started and stopped. We hope you’ll prize the “imperfections” that make them truly human like we do.