YUNOMI (湯のみ) TEA CUP - soda-fired porcelain, yellow-salt glaze (no. 2)

Soda firing is a vapour-glazing processes where  soda ash (sodium carbonate), or baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is introduced into the kiln at a high temperature. The soda vaporizes, and sodium binds to the silica in the clay surface, forming a hard, glassy glaze with varying colours and textures. 

This small batch series from Spring 2025 firings is glazed with a "yellow-salt" glaze, which interacts beautifully with the soda environment creating mostly matte yellow with shiny greys and whites around rims.

A yunomi (湯のみ) is a tall form of a Japanese teacup with no handle, in contrast with a teabowl which is lower and wider. This yunomi was wheel-thrown with a rounded form and then altered to be somewhat squared. 

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volume: 6oz / 180ml

[measurements are approximate]