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After I throw each vessel on the potter’s wheel and it dries leather-hard, I trim its rough edges and indent the exterior surface with a variety of handmade steel tipped tools. In a single vessel, the number of indentations can vary from five hundred to five thousand, each placed by hand and eye. Thus no two vessels are ever the same. Each vessel is given further character by carving and incising the rim, again in the designs that reflect Pre-Columbian patterns and form. When the vessel is completely dry, it is fired to a stoneware temperature of 2150 degrees Fahrenheit.
CARE INSTRUCTIONS These vessels are made of a tough stoneware clay body. They are very durable. Periodically dust the surface using a clean, dry shoeshine brush. Gently sweep the dust out of the indentations. Canned air works well also. All my vessels are dishwasher safe, and glazed work is food and microwave safe as well. With care, my creations will last for generations.
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