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Woodfiring is a labor intensive process that dates back thousands of
years. Each firing (2-4/year) must be monitored and stoked, round the
clock for as long as five days to achieve stoneware's maturation
temperature of 2400 degrees Fahrenheit. Firing with wood also shows in
the final product: the flame leaves its earth toned red and orange
'flashes' on bare clay, and ash deposits melt and run enriching applied
glazes and bare clay alike. The flame's unpredictable nature brings new
results with each firing and every piece is a unique utensil rooted in a
long tradition of beauty. View the process page for a more in depth description.
Jordan Taylor was born in Iowa City in 1975. Five members of his family have pursued clay at different times; he is named for jordan clay, a robustly colored stoneware clay that used to be mined in Maryland. Other than playing in the creek that ran behind his childhood home, he started with clay during his senior year in high school. Jordan became interested in woodfiring at Earlham College, in Indiana, where he completed a B.A. in art in 1999. After college, he continued his training as an apprentice potter to Mark Skudlarek in Cambridge, WI. There he was able to continue developing turning skills understanding of large wood burning kilns. Jordan Taylor and his wife, Mariana Garrettson moved to Pennsylvania in April of 2002 to establish Stony Meadow Pottery.
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