Taiwanese Wood-Fired Pottery: Surfaces Formed by Ash Glaze

A display of wood-fired pottery: a teapot, two small cups, and a large bowl. The vessels are unglazed, and their colors come entirely from the firing process in the kiln—the side facing the flame is deep in color, showing ochre red, dark brown, and a metallic dark luster, with irregular flow patterns and glossy surfaces formed by wood ash melting onto the surface; the side away from the flame is plain earthy yellow and gray. The color and texture of each piece are unique and irreplicable. The granular texture of the clay is evident, and the spiral marks of hand-throwing are clearly visible on the body of the vessels, with rough exposed clay at the foot. They are placed on a dark wooden tray with a plain background. Avoid: using uniform artificial glazes, making each vessel look identical, depicting the surface as smooth and non-granular, adding painted patterns.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組柴燒陶器的陳列:一只茶壺、兩個小杯、一個大缽。器物沒有上釉,顏色完全來自窯燒過程——朝向火焰的一面顏色深沉,呈現赭紅、深褐與金屬般的暗光澤,並有木灰落在表面熔融後形成的不規則流紋與亮面;背火的一面則是樸素的土黃與灰。每一件的顏色與紋路都不相同,無法複製。陶土的顆粒感明顯,手拉坯的旋紋在器身上清楚可見,底足露胎粗糙。它們放在深色木盤上,背景素淨。避免:使用均勻的人工釉色、讓每件器物看起來一樣、把表面畫得光滑無顆粒、加入彩繪圖案。