{"product_id":"greek-amphora","title":"Vase: Shinrin-yoku","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size:0.75rem;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;margin-bottom:0.25em;margin-top:0\"\u003eAbout\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWheel-thrown stoneware, built in Singapore from Australian stoneware clay. Woodfired at a pottery studio in the Tokoname forest, Japan, October 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Greek amphora form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 × 18 cm (6.3 × 7.1 in)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size:0.75rem;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;margin-bottom:0.25em;margin-top:1.5em\"\u003eThe Making\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis piece traveled twice: thrown and bisque-fired in Singapore, carried to Japan to be woodfired, then carried home again. Bisqueware is fragile and unforgiving in transit, and this one made the trip intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne side faced the fire directly and turned warm and deep in color. The other side, turned away from the flame, stayed cool. A different colored slip was applied to the surface before texturing, which is part of why the two sides read so differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has a little sister: a second amphora with the same Singapore-to-Japan-and-back journey, sold to a collector at Clayfest 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"margin-top:1.5em\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"list-style:none;cursor:pointer;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:0.4em\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size:0.75rem;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;display:inline\"\u003eThe Firing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size:0.85em;opacity:0.6\"\u003eRead more ▾\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade during three weeks at a pottery studio in the Tokoname forest, Japan, a city built on pottery, threaded by a footpath paved with broken ceramic shards and a centuries-old climbing kiln leaning into the hillside. This was my first wood firing, and the studio itself had a small, family feel, like living in a village.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe kiln was an anagama: a single-chamber, tunnel-shaped wood kiln, one of the oldest kiln types in Japan, brought over from Korea around the 5th century. This one had only a front stoke hole, no side stoking. The approach here, taught by kiln master Peter Seabridge, isn't about speed. It's about pacing: watching the thermometer, watching the chimney through a mirror in the window, and judging when to feed it again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI worked two shifts, both mornings, about 10 hours each. In the first, the temperature climbed from 260°C to 1020°C. In the second, it rose from 1214°C to 1255°C, crossing the 1250°C mark. The kiln peaked at 1260°C. There was no reduction cooling at the end, just a long climb up and back down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo glaze was applied to any piece. Everything you see on the surface is ash, clay body, and slip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e","brand":"Kutega","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51974107037992,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/1993\/9368\/files\/IMG_3492.jpg?v=1781710828","url":"https:\/\/kutega.com\/products\/greek-amphora","provider":"Kutega","version":"1.0","type":"link"}