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Ben Owen Pottery

105 Ben's Place
Seagrove, NC, 27341
(336) 879-2262

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MiSe Vase in Teadust.jpg

Teadust

Teadust is a glaze that Chinese potters created while accidentally over-firing earthenware red pots and melting the clay to a puddle. With experimentation, these potters eventually developed glazes from testing these ingredients to produce a black glaze. Today, Ben has developed his own versions of a black glaze with the addition of iron, calcium and magnesium oxide. While researching about slow cooling processes after the firing in the wood kiln, he found small proxyene crystals would form on his pots that had a mustard yellow to green color. A satin to matte finish is created from the crystals on the surface. If it is allowed to cool quickly the finish will be a solid glossy black. If it was placed in a salt firing atmosphere it would be olive green (Frogskin).

Scroll down to see the latest available works glazed in Teadust.

Teadust

Teadust is a glaze that Chinese potters created while accidentally over-firing earthenware red pots and melting the clay to a puddle. With experimentation, these potters eventually developed glazes from testing these ingredients to produce a black glaze. Today, Ben has developed his own versions of a black glaze with the addition of iron, calcium and magnesium oxide. While researching about slow cooling processes after the firing in the wood kiln, he found small proxyene crystals would form on his pots that had a mustard yellow to green color. A satin to matte finish is created from the crystals on the surface. If it is allowed to cool quickly the finish will be a solid glossy black. If it was placed in a salt firing atmosphere it would be olive green (Frogskin).

Scroll down to see the latest available works glazed in Teadust.

Egg Vases in Teadust.jpg
Gourd Vase in Teadust.jpg
Gourd Vases in Teadust.jpg
Korean Style Flair Bowl.jpg
MiSe Vase in Teadust.jpg
Tang Vase in Teadust.jpg
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Open Tuesday—Saturday, 11am–5pm
Closed in January (open by appointment)
and the week of July 4th

Photography courtesy of Ben Owen III, Art Howard, Barbara Wiedemann, and (historic images) the Ben Owen Family Collection, the North Carolina State Archives, and The North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina Library at Chapel Hill. Site design: Design Story Works, videos with ArtWork.