. . . in Haleakalā National Park on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

The drive up to the Visitors Center provided no hint as to the surreal landscape we encountered as we entered the Haleakalā ‘crater’ . . . the ‘moonscape’ was dotted with colourful cinder cones, the result of volcanic vents that had erupted. The scene was a blend of greys, greens and browns with yellow sulfur and red Iron oxide accents.

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Stoneware bowl with spriggs of shells, crab claw around rim, fired in cone 10 reduction

"Yin & Yang" pendants: Hand-built w/ white clay, kiln-fired (to cone 6) edges glazed w/ "Ali Black", yin & yang hand-painted w/ white & black underglazes.

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Find out more about what I'm up to with oxides and plants on my blog:

www.potspotspots.co.uk/oxides-and-imprints/

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I've been working with red iron oxide this week and surface decoration using plants. This is a close up photo of a tile I've made featuring the impression of a fern.

red iron oxide, graphite, shellac, acrylic

22 x 30 inches

2006

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These tiles are a different clay body than the rest, one white stoneware and one speckled stoneware.

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red iron oxide, graphite, shellac

22 x 30 inches

2006

red iron oxide, graphite, shellac, acrylic

22 x 30 inches

2006

This glaze also contains iron in the base recipe, in the form of Red Art clay.

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red iron oxide, graphite, shellac

22 x 30 inches

2006

All ten include 6% Titanium Dioxide added to the base glaze.

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red iron oxide, graphite, shellac, acrylic

22 x 30 inches

2006

red iron oxide, graphite, shellac

22 x 30 inches

2006

I've been working with red iron oxide this week and surface decoration using plants.