Photograph of a four sided porcelain vase with ringed neck.

 
 
 
This porcelain vase was paddled into a square form while still damp. Three rings have been carved into its neck following a classic design. Shades of red, blue and green decorate the top and shoulder.

Photograph of a large vase of nineteenth century French design with pie crust lip along with two facetted handle mugs in a clear glaze with black crackle pattern.


  A grouping of two mugs and a large vase with a wide crackle glaze developed by Arcanum Ranch Pottery. When taken from the kiln the glaze is totally uncrackled; in two to four weeks the crackle slowly appears accompanied by small tinkling sounds. When the crackle has progressed to the desired state, it is stained to highlight the pattern. The underlying clay body is unaffected by the crackle glaze and is totally sound and water proof.

Photograph of a red meditation sphere.


  Hollow balls of various size and color are produced as decorative objects. The potters call these "meditation spheres". They are beautiful in garden settings or floating among lily pads in a fish pond. Interior decorators have bought many of these for room accents.

Photograph of an emerald green porcelain teapot and small saki cup, both with hand carved flower design.

A beautiful example of our emerald green glaze with hand carved decoration. The process is known as shadowing, since where the porcelain has been deeply carved the color is darker; thus bringing out the design. Teapots require the making and assembling of a number of separate pieces and are time consuming. Very high quality clay is necessary to insure that all assembled joints fuse completely when the pot is fired.

Photograph of a small vase with luminescent, pale blue Chun glaze.


 
 
 
  A true Chun or moonlight blue was recently discovered. This example compares favorably with classic Chinese pieces. The potters have also developed a somewhat darker version of this glaze which still maintains the luminescent quality that is so unusual.


 
 
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