Blue hued plate

This large blue hued plate was hand thrown on a potter's wheel and fired in reduction atmosphere at 1,320°C. The iron blue glaze is made of oak ash from the fireplace in Adele Stefanelli's house in the countryside. The red shades are given by copper oxide in the glaze of other pots fired near the plate. Copper oxide volatilises: the volatilisation can affect adjacent pots, particularly those with whites, celadons or iron blue, such is the case here, resulting in a pink blush.