here's the story

We moved to D.C. in 2005 and at that time I was studying Nigel Wood's book, "Chinese Glazes." Shortly after that I ordered "Iron in the Fire" as well, as it was one of the first books inspiring my interest in the most versatile of earth pigments: iron. I recently discovered that iI needed to make a trip to London on family business and was vaguely familiar with what I only knew as the Percival David Foundation Collection, only to discover the source of many of the images used in the "Chinese Glazes" collection. I'm not going to review the content of the book here as it was nearly 10 years ago that i studied it, but it was gratifying to see the actual work and to explore how these glazes might be recreated.

another old piece

Old pot in the British Museum