Small Round Baker

Wood soda fired

60mm Hx 180mm Diameter

Duncan Shearer throws his pots on a slow moving treadle wheel. Currently, most of Duncan's work begins life on the wheel then adding and subtracting, altering the initial round forms, looking for a liveliness and freshness that will remain through the whole making process.
His firing method of using a wood kiln and spraying a small quantity of soda ash solution in at high temperatures creates inherent unpredictability and variegated flashings and speckled glaze patterns which make each piece unique.