Pit-Fire

This is the pit-fire process. Ceramic work is created, and fired to bisque temperatures. Colorants and other additives are put on the ware for decoration, and it is placed into a pit dug in the ground. Pots and sticks are layered together, and the pile is set afire. Once the pit is filled with red-hot coals, the ware is reduced by covering the coals with wet leaves/foliage or pulverized horse poo. The work in allowed to cool for several days, retrieved, cleaned up and ready to share with the world! T