108. Mitch Yung, narrow-mouthed soda-fired pot

108. Mitch Yung, narrow-mouthed soda-fired pot

White clay, dun glaze; base left unglazed. Weight: 720 g (1.6 lb). Rim diameter: 2.3 cm (7/8 in); maximum diameter: 12.8 cm (5-1/8 in); base diameter: 7.5 cm (3 in). Height: 13.8 cm (5-1/2 in).

Yung is a potter and ceramic artist in Hollister, Missouri. Besides pots, he creates ceramic sculptures. For more on him and other examples of his work, see his website, www.mitchyung.com, or his Instagram page, mitchyungceramics.

This sits directly on the flat base. The artist's mark, a "Y," was stamped into the base. From the base the walls rise outward in a shallow convex arc (almost a straight line) to the maximum diameter, which is 7.5 cm (3 in) above the base. From there the walls curve briefly upward before rising at an angle in a straight line to the bottom of neck, which is 2.3 cm (7/8 in) in diameter and sits 11.7 cm (4-5/8 in) above the base. The neck swells out before curving in toward the rim.

The main colors are dun and red. The gray color apparently resulted from carbon trapping during the firing. Both red and the dun show through this to varying degrees, creating many different shades and spots of color. The base was left unglazed. The surface sheen is due to the soda-firing.

Purchased from the artist, May 2021.