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Kiln Studio · Gas Reduction · Cone 10

Chapter 01

The Restaurant Commission

Twelve place settings for Earthen, a 30-seat Scandinavian-Japanese restaurant in Portland. Matte iron tenmoku over a reduction-fired stoneware body. Every bowl slightly different — the chef asked for that.

Hands wedging raw stoneware clay on a plaster bat in a studio, preparing clay body for a restaurant commission

Wedging · 5kg stoneware body

Raw clay, cone 10 body

Finished iron tenmoku stoneware bowls arranged on a restaurant table setting with natural linen and minimal wooden utensils

Earthen Restaurant · Portland

In service, March 2025

Glaze Tests · Batch 7

Iron Tenmoku
Ash Celadon
Shino Raw

Firing Log · Kiln #1

18:00200°CPreheat — moisture out
20:15573°CQuartz inversion
22:00900°CBody reduction begins
23:101150°CHeavy reduction
00:001280°CCone 10 — shut down

Cone 10 · 1280°C · 14h cycle

Chapter 02

Seven vessels shown at Threshold Gallery, Brooklyn. No two glazes mixed the same way. The ash comes from the wood burned in the firebox — the landscape of the firing is written on the surface.

Macro photograph of ash glaze surface texture on stoneware — crawling crystals and iron spotting under studio lighting

Surface · Iron spot

Close-up of unglazed foot ring on hand-thrown stoneware bowl showing grog texture and kiln wash residue

Foot ring · Unglazed

Detail of throwing lines visible on interior of a stoneware vessel — evidence of the hand that shaped it

Interior · Throwing lines

Ash glaze pooling at the belly of a reduction-fired vase — natural volcanic texture from wood ash in the glaze

Belly · Ash pool

Seven hand-thrown stoneware vessels arranged on a white gallery plinth at Threshold Gallery Brooklyn — ash glazes ranging from pale celadon to deep tenmoku

Threshold Gallery · Brooklyn

Seven vessels,
one firing.

October 2024 · All pieces sold

7

Pieces

14h

Firing

Cone 10

Temperature

Studio Lookbook

The work, up
close.

48 pages of process photography, glaze recipes with exact measurements, and firing notes from the past three years. The kind of reference material that makes a project brief easier to write.

I'm a —

One email. No sequences. Just the PDF.

Studio lookbook spread showing process photography of clay wedging and throwing on a wheel — raw and documentary style
Studio lookbook spread with glaze recipe cards and color swatches for iron tenmoku, ash celadon, and shino glazes
Studio lookbook spread with kiln firing notes, temperature curves, and reduction schedule documentation

Process Photography

Glaze Recipes

Firing Notes

Chapter 03

The Raku Session

Six hours in the backyard. A portable gas kiln, metal tongs, and a garbage can full of newspaper. Raku is the only process where you can hold a piece that was glowing red five minutes ago.

Raku-fired ceramic vessel with crackle glaze and carbon smoke marks — pulled from a reduction chamber of burning newspaper

Naked raku · Carbon resist

The fire decides the surface

Process Notes

Firing time

45 min

Peak temp

980°C

Reduction

Newspaper & ash

Result

Unpredictable

Wide view of a converted garage ceramics studio — shelves of bisqueware, a gas reduction kiln, clay-dusted workbench under warm tungsten light

A converted garage in Portland, Oregon.

By appointment · studio@kilnceramics.com

Location

Portland, Oregon

Commissions

Open · 8–12 week lead

Contact

studio@kilnceramics.com

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@kilnceramics