Blue Moon Clay Studio

Ceramics Pottery

The ceramics pottery at Blue Moon Clay Studio is all hand formed on the potter’s wheel and fired in a kiln.

This ceramics has two layers of attention that creates the final finish. The first layer is the satin surface. After the vessel is thrown on the potter’s wheel, it is hand polished, a process called burnishing.
This pottery is burnished several times, waiting many hours in between each burnishing.

The second layer you see is the unusual soft colors on the surface of these vessels. This is the result of the saggar firing. There is no glaze on any of this pottery. Each vessel is nested in natural materials, such as hay, sawdust, seaweed, cornhusk and minerals and fired in a kiln. The combusting of these organics in conjunction with the vapor flashing from the minerals creates a soft palate of orange, pink, grey, black and yellow on each piece.

As a result of this dramatic, organic process, no two pieces are alike and the ceramics pottery is not designed to hold water.

Blue Moon Clay Studio
2242 Route 113 Greenwich, NY 12834
518.692.7742
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