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Moon Jar
A near-sphere, thrown in two halves and joined at the belly — the seam is left honest. Our largest, hardest form.
- Form
- Moon Jar
- Glaze
- Matte White
- Clay
- Porcelain
- Dimensions
- H 24 · Ø 23 cm
One of a kind. Email to reserve, or ask about a piece in this form and glaze — most things can be thrown again.
About this piece
The moon jar is the hardest thing we make. It’s thrown in two bowl-shaped halves and joined at the widest point while both are still soft, then turned and refined so the seam almost — but not quite — disappears. We leave a faint trace of it on purpose.
A form this size wants to slump under its own weight before it dries, so most of the skill is in the timing: too wet and it sags, too dry and the join cracks in the kiln. Perhaps one in three survives to glaze. This one did.
The matte white glaze is unglamorous on purpose — it reads the light rather than reflecting it, so the form does the talking.