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HAMISH JACKSON POTTERY

Chapel Hill
North Carolina
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Flask with Shoulder Pads
34.00
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Pinched Hip Flask
20.00
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Hip Flask
20.00
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Teabowl
34.00
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Cruet
38.00
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Gaiwan
68.00
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Squished Flask
34.00
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Bottle Kiln Bud Vase
13.00
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Cannister Jar
32.00
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Squared Bottle Vase
34.00
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Bud Vase
18.00
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Small Fermentation Crock
37.00
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Pint Cup
18.00
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Soy Sauce Dishes
12.00
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Celadon Gaiwan
68.00
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Bottles
25.00
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Straight Mugs
22.00
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set of two tiny tea cups
14.00
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Squared Up Teabowl
34.00
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Dotty Bud Vase
18.00
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Pie Dish
43.00
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Egg Vase
72.00
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Bottle Kiln Vase
34.00

See instant, up to date, minute by minute, second by second pictures of my clay adventures... @hamramics
Here’s one more photo taken by Yoshiya (@ohta0808). This was at the end of the firing when we open up all the stoke holes to crash cool the kiln. The big N shaped thing hanging from the kiln shed is a heat shield that we use down in the firebox sometimes (usually just summer firings).
Yoshiya (@ohta0808) took this fabulous photo of Stilly and I stoking the kiln on Saturday. We were stoking the kiln all the way down each side at this point. The front is always super hot due to the large firebox where we stoke large slabs of wood. The trick is getting the heat to move all the way to the back. It’s all about the rhythm and timing of side stoking thin strips of wood. It’s a lot of fun working such a large kiln.
The 99th firing crew! It was a great group to work with. Now we just have to hold our breath till unloading on Friday (and eat a bunch of turkey first of course). Top left we have Will Baskin (@willbaskinpottery), then Mark Kozma (@mark.kozma), Mark Hewitt (@wmhewitt), me (@hamish.jackson.pottery). Crouching down we have Yoshiya Ohta (@ohta0808) and Stillman Browning-Howe (@the_barefoot_potter).
Stoke hole. This is one of the 9 openings along the kiln where we side stoke thin strips of wood and then blow salt into at the end. We finished up firing the kiln yesterday. I’m lying in bed feeling a bit like that piece of ceramic fiber next to the stoke hole. Discarded, tired and a little sooty still despite thinking I’d thoroughly washed my face. Every firing is different, with variables such as kiln stacking arrangements, firing crew, atmospheric conditions etc. We got it done but there were some tricky points. It was a battle! I wish more customers appreciated the intensity of the process. So much time and energy goes into making these pots. I need to work on describing what goes into it all.
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