Micaceous Wave Bowl dig deep and make sure

dig deep and make sure your olla is buried all the way up to its neck

carved and painted with clays from Alabama

After firing

The form supposedly resembles the upside down seed pod of a poppy flower and was used to transport different liquids including opium and olive oil

This size olla is good for circular gardening

Micaceous Wave Bowl dig deep and make sureBecause of where I live, I spend a lot of time observing waves in bodies of water. This piece was coil built with micaceous clay that I used for the first time during my art residency in Taos this past summer. Clay containing metallic flecks of mica is naturally occurring in the mountains of Northern New Mexico. Traditionally it was used for cooking pots because the mica acts as a temper reducing the risk of thermal shock which leads to cracking.