Wheel-thrown Pioneer Dark stoneware | 4.5" diameter × 3.25" tall | Includes drainage holes and matching saucer | Oregon clay
The kiln did something remarkable here. We just watched.
This planter was wheel-thrown in my Portland studio from Pioneer Dark stoneware — a warm khaki clay with natural iron that has a gift for making glazes do unexpected things. It's finished in Coyote Blue/Purple from their Archie's series, a glaze that moves across the vertical surface like weather — warm sandy blush at the base giving way to streaks of periwinkle and cornflower blue rising toward the rim, where it deepens into something richer and more jewel-toned, with flashes of olive and gold catching the light at the very edge. The rim itself is lacy and textured where the glaze pooled and broke during firing, like ice forming at the edge of something moving.
The saucer tells a quieter version of the same story. Same glaze, same firing, but on a horizontal surface it settles into a soft matte gray — proof that in ceramics, gravity and angle are as much a part of the glaze as the chemistry. They belong together because they were made together, and the difference between them is part of what makes the set extraordinary.
The interior is left unglazed — Pioneer Dark stoneware that breathes beautifully and supports healthy root growth in a way a glazed interior simply can't. Drainage holes mean you can water properly without ceremony, and the saucer catches what drains through.
At 4.5" wide and 3.25" tall it's the perfect size for a small statement plant — something that deserves a pot that will stop people mid-sentence.
One of a kind. The Aurora glaze moves differently across every surface — this particular sky exists only once.
Wheel-thrown Pioneer Dark stoneware | 4.5" diameter × 3.25" tall | Includes drainage holes and matching saucer | Oregon clay
The kiln did something remarkable here. We just watched.
This planter was wheel-thrown in my Portland studio from Pioneer Dark stoneware — a warm khaki clay with natural iron that has a gift for making glazes do unexpected things. It's finished in Coyote Blue/Purple from their Archie's series, a glaze that moves across the vertical surface like weather — warm sandy blush at the base giving way to streaks of periwinkle and cornflower blue rising toward the rim, where it deepens into something richer and more jewel-toned, with flashes of olive and gold catching the light at the very edge. The rim itself is lacy and textured where the glaze pooled and broke during firing, like ice forming at the edge of something moving.
The saucer tells a quieter version of the same story. Same glaze, same firing, but on a horizontal surface it settles into a soft matte gray — proof that in ceramics, gravity and angle are as much a part of the glaze as the chemistry. They belong together because they were made together, and the difference between them is part of what makes the set extraordinary.
The interior is left unglazed — Pioneer Dark stoneware that breathes beautifully and supports healthy root growth in a way a glazed interior simply can't. Drainage holes mean you can water properly without ceremony, and the saucer catches what drains through.
At 4.5" wide and 3.25" tall it's the perfect size for a small statement plant — something that deserves a pot that will stop people mid-sentence.
One of a kind. The Aurora glaze moves differently across every surface — this particular sky exists only once.
