This porcelain jar was initially wheel-thrown as a cylinder and then manually deformed into its final form. The vessel was fired in a smokeless kiln at 1320°C. This wood-fired kiln produces almost no smoke but creates the same effect on surfaces as other wood-fired kilns. Renato fired the jar partially in embers to give the surface its distinctive finish.
Renato is more than a ceramicist. He is also a kiln builder, an author, a teacher and an explorer. He left his island of birth, the Azores, at 20 to s ...
