Anagama simply means cave kiln; it is a long kiln with a firebox at one end and the flue at the other end. The pots are packed on stepped stacks in the chamber and are decorated by the flame as it weaves its way through the pots and by fly ash and embers. These pots are not glazed on the outside. All the colour comes from the fire and its interaction with slips brushed on the ware before the bisque firing. The kiln is in the heart of the Charente region of France. We fire it each year in April and it is named The Cuckoo Kiln as the cuckoo calls ceaselessly throughout the firing. This year the packing of the kiln took seven days and the firing seventy five hours. We reached about 1320’ C. We fired with oak, chestnut, pine and apple wood.
Looking towards the song of the cuckoo,
Only the early morning moon remains.
Waka by Tokudaiji Sanesada 1139 – 1192
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Bottle: 21 cms tall.
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Porcelain boule vases: 8 cms tall.
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Three bottles: 36 - 28 cms tall.
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Large dish: 40 cms wide.
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Pot with shells: 18 cms tall.
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Antler vases: 31 cms tall.
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Encrusted jar: 18 cms tall.
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Undersea jug : 17 cms tall.
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Boule vase: 9 cms tall.
Harriet Coleridge Ceramics
Ewelme Pottery, Parsons Lane, Ewelme, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 6HP
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