Janel Jacobson
Minnesota

Porcelain, Carbon Trap, High-fired
Functional
7.5"w x 4.5"d x 5.5"h

About the Teapot
The teapot was wheel thrown from porcelain clay, then glazed with our studio’s carbon trap glaze. It was fired in a gas reduction kiln, paying particular attention to subject the glaze to an early reduction period for carbon deposition before allowing the kiln to continue the temperature rise. When the glaze melts, the carbon is trapped, revealing the path of the smoky flame.

About Janel
Pottery making was my first and is still an enduring love. I began making pottery in 1970 and started life as a self-employed potter in 1972 after graduation from college. From then, I made functional stoneware pots until I began to focus on carved porcelain in the mid-1980s. That work evolved from shallow relief carved surfaces enhanced with celadon glaze to more sculptural, unglazed pieces, bringing me to the brink of a significant shift from porcelain clay to carving hard, carvable wood. From 1995 to 2015, I enjoyed a marvelous, enriching period of carving small sculptures and netsuke from wood and other delicious non-clay materials. After the twenty-year deep affair with wood, I returned to making pots full-time in 2016, using porcelain for functional pots and further exploring shallow-relief, decorative surfaces with celadon-based glazes, tenmoku, and lively carbon-trapping shino glazes.

*Teapots that are sold must remain on display in the gallery as part of the exhibit until the show closes on September 10, 2020. After the show closes, teapots will be carefully packed and shipped by September 26 or available for pick-up at the gallery.

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Janel Jacobson - Carbon Trap Teapot