Opal Blue Glaze offers an intensity and richness seldom captured in a pottery glaze
This piece was woodfired and in an area where salt is added to the kiln at the end of the firing
The copper glaze is a blend of materials that will react to the smoke and flame from the firing process
is also a traditional form favored by Ben’s grandfather
The cobalt pigments blended with the naturally-formed Salt and Ash Glaze create a completely individualistic finish
Dogwood Vase in Turquoise Crystalline, 8.25"h (Ben Owen III) Covered Jars Opal Blue Glaze offers anThe Crystalline finish includes cobalt and copper pigments to create a truly unique effect. The small crystals are developed by slow cooling the kiln. The Dogwood Vase is a shape that has been made in Bens family for three generations. During the 1920s, Bens grandfather, Ben Owen Sr., was a potter at Jugtown Pottery. While there, in 1928, the Busbees of Jugtown entered a vase, made by Ben Owen Sr., in the Dogwood Festival. The vase was awarded best in