About six tons of Larchwood offcuts, with a high calorific value and long flame path, are used to reach a temperature of about 1250 degrees centigrade. This takes a period of thirty-three hours of continuous stoking to completion. One of the joys of firing with wood is the natural glaze flashing that develops on all the surfaces of the ware. Each piece of wood, which is about three feet long, gives an immediate boost in temperature, and is consumed under two minutes. Some of the pots are left unglazed apart from the decoration which is painted or trailed on with glaze and colours.

Wide expanses of raw clay take on a rich toasted colour where the flame encircles the pot. Deposited fusible salts on the surface of each piece, making a strong contrast with the cool Blue Chun Glazes. All the glazes are prepared from basic raw materials such as Granite, Basalt, Limestone and Silica, mostly from the West of England. Some are simplicity itself, others are quite complex in nature. Unusual materials are constructed into fritted glass, ground and refined to enable them to be used. New ventures are the production of Raku, which comprises low fired earthenware, and bright coloured smoked ware, including lustre glazes.

Most of the Eeles family Pottery production is displayed and sold within an Exhibition format, at many different venues throughout Great Britain.

 

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Two Gallon Jug Moon Flight. £350/$700.

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