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Homecoming Tumbler Cup No. 2 of 6 | Soda Fired
A tumbler made for your hands with a hand-altered waist that knows exactly how you’ll hold it. Your thumb finds the indent. Your palm settles into the curve. Finally, a cup that holds you back.
This one is from my Soda Fired Fall Collection, and the outside isn’t covered in glaze like most pottery. Before the firing, I dip my hands in flashing slip, a thin layer of liquid clay, and hold the cup right at the alteration point, leaving my handprint behind. Then, during the firing, soda ash is sprayed into the hot kiln, turns into vapor, and becomes glaze wherever it lands. The golden bronze you see is the brown stoneware, the slip, and the soda all reacting to each other, so the handprint comes out differently every time. The inside is glazed by pouring glaze in and pouring it right back out. Flip it over and you’ll find little circles from the wadding it sat on in the kiln, where the raw clay stayed bare, and my name, pooterie, carved into the bottom by hand.
This one is the shiniest of the bunch. I used a flashing slip called Tile #6, and it fired into bold tangerine fingerprints that stack around the waist one over the other, right where my hand wrapped around it. The soda found this tumbler in a big way. The bronze body is glossy and metallic all over, glittering with little speckles from the clay underneath. Inside, it’s a deep, toasty brown that feels like a cup of coffee already waiting for you.
Now flip it over, because this is my favorite part. Next to the wadding circles, you’ll find soft gray marks where the soda ash drifted under the tumbler and settled on the bottom. They show exactly how the vapor moved through the kiln, finding its way into the tiniest gap between the pot and the shelf. Most pottery never shows you its firing like this. This one carries a little record of the kiln right on its base.
About 4 to 4.5 inches tall and holds 8 to 10 ounces. Every piece is one of one, so the one in the photos is the one you’ll get.
Want a matching set? Each tumbler came out of the same soda firing, so they all share that golden bronze glow but carry their own handprints. Find its sisters in Tumblers and mix and match your favorites.
A tumbler made for your hands with a hand-altered waist that knows exactly how you’ll hold it. Your thumb finds the indent. Your palm settles into the curve. Finally, a cup that holds you back.
This one is from my Soda Fired Fall Collection, and the outside isn’t covered in glaze like most pottery. Before the firing, I dip my hands in flashing slip, a thin layer of liquid clay, and hold the cup right at the alteration point, leaving my handprint behind. Then, during the firing, soda ash is sprayed into the hot kiln, turns into vapor, and becomes glaze wherever it lands. The golden bronze you see is the brown stoneware, the slip, and the soda all reacting to each other, so the handprint comes out differently every time. The inside is glazed by pouring glaze in and pouring it right back out. Flip it over and you’ll find little circles from the wadding it sat on in the kiln, where the raw clay stayed bare, and my name, pooterie, carved into the bottom by hand.
This one is the shiniest of the bunch. I used a flashing slip called Tile #6, and it fired into bold tangerine fingerprints that stack around the waist one over the other, right where my hand wrapped around it. The soda found this tumbler in a big way. The bronze body is glossy and metallic all over, glittering with little speckles from the clay underneath. Inside, it’s a deep, toasty brown that feels like a cup of coffee already waiting for you.
Now flip it over, because this is my favorite part. Next to the wadding circles, you’ll find soft gray marks where the soda ash drifted under the tumbler and settled on the bottom. They show exactly how the vapor moved through the kiln, finding its way into the tiniest gap between the pot and the shelf. Most pottery never shows you its firing like this. This one carries a little record of the kiln right on its base.
About 4 to 4.5 inches tall and holds 8 to 10 ounces. Every piece is one of one, so the one in the photos is the one you’ll get.
Want a matching set? Each tumbler came out of the same soda firing, so they all share that golden bronze glow but carry their own handprints. Find its sisters in Tumblers and mix and match your favorites.
