SMOKE FIRING IS AN ALTERNATIVE FIRING TECHNIQUE
THAT DATES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
IN THE PROCESS, BISQUE FIRED PIECES ARE PLACED
IN A BARREL AND EMBEDDED IN COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.
WE USED PRIMARILY HARDWOOD SAWDUST
BUT OFTEN INCLUDE MATERIALS LIKE; COFFEE GROUNDS,
BANANA PEELS, SALT AND ECOSHELLS JUST TO NAME A FEW.
AFTER THE MATERIALS ARE IGNITED, THE BARREL
IS COVERED AND LEFT TO SMOLDER. THE PROCESS CREATES
UNIQUE PATTERNS RANGING FROM SUBTLE ORGANIC WHITES
AND GREYS TO MORE DRAMATIC GRADATIONS OF COLOR.
EACH PIECE IS A UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL RESULT
OF THE PROCESS THAT CANNOT BE REPLICATED.
SMOKE FIRING IS AN ALTERNATIVE FIRING TECHNIQUE
THAT DATES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
IN THE PROCESS, BISQUE FIRED PIECES ARE PLACED
IN A BARREL AND EMBEDDED IN COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.
WE USED PRIMARILY HARDWOOD SAWDUST
BUT OFTEN INCLUDE MATERIALS LIKE; COFFEE GROUNDS,
BANANA PEELS, SALT AND ECOSHELLS JUST TO NAME A FEW.
AFTER THE MATERIALS ARE IGNITED, THE BARREL
IS COVERED AND LEFT TO SMOLDER. THE PROCESS CREATES
UNIQUE PATTERNS RANGING FROM SUBTLE ORGANIC WHITES
AND GREYS TO MORE DRAMATIC GRADATIONS OF COLOR.
EACH PIECE IS A UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL RESULT
OF THE PROCESS THAT CANNOT BE REPLICATED.
