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This unique piece of ceramic art was made by a personal friend on a wood fired kiln using Raku glaze in Kirtland, Ohio in 1994. This piece was made when the artist (Makers mark SND incised on bottom of pot) when he was a student at Lakeland College. The style is rustic with an ununiform foot under the pot, sturdy and striking visually. There is a lid that sits loosely on top, with a rubber stopper to help it from sliding. A handle can be fastened to the loops on top of the pot if you choose, but I have never used one to distract from this piece when displayed.
The Raku glaze is not food/drink safe! No Raku glaze is! The glaze creates a porous surface where metal leaching can occur. This style is purely decorative as an art piece. The pot itself was made from stoneware clay in a studio in Little Italy, Cleveland. It was hand thrown on a wheel, with slab pieces used for the handle loops. The red glaze was hand mixed and the pot dipped, with a second charcoal black glaze poured over it in splashing for the decorative pattern.
This was not a production piece. It was made with friends that built the kiln and fired the pottery together, and is unique 1/1 without any copies or similar productions.
