This tops my list of strange
things that have happen to my
work.
A brick broke in the ceiling of the
salt kiln and bounced off the
shelf landing on this bottle. This
most-likely happened after the
final salt before the glaze cooled.
The bottle is airtight
Artist's personal collection
This piece was hit by another
piece in a game of kiln
dominoes and fell against the
wall of the kiln severing the
head of the bottle. The glaze
was tacky-hot and glued the
head to the neck.
As a side note. I had been
working with ash glazes in the
salt kiln and could not get a
bottle to turn out. The first
(and best) bottle was dropped
by a child shortly after
opening the kiln, and six
attempts were needed to get
a good bottle.
Artist's personal collection.