South Carolina potter James Cornell talks about his work - Making pottery is a process, a journey, mostly controlled by the artist, but sometimes directed by the material itself. It is that interplay or dialogue between artist and material that still keeps the work interesting to me.

I work with a variety of glazes - temoku thumb - Temoku - Glossy black iron saturate. Breaks brown on decoration and edges.

blue thumb - Blue Gloss - High luster soft blue, breaking lighter on edges.

tropical thumb - Tropical Blue - Rich dark blue semi-matte.

crackle thumb - White Crackle - Glossy soft white with obvious crackle. The look of raku.

green thumb - Turquoise Green - Copper green semi-matte with a hint of blue. Sometimes has a copper patina quality.

Testing new glazes is on going in the studio with a goal of color and texture consistency.

High-fired glazes can vary from one firing to the next. The result is that each piece is unique. James Cornell Minimize this information.