Gallery/Showroom

The gallery/showroom at the pottery offers a wide variety of wheel-thrown and hand-built stoneware items for sale. Visitors may schedule an appointment by calling 703-771-3329 or by sending an email to glenfarmpottery@aol.com.

The pottery showroom at the farm is also located in the lower level of the barn, near the studio.

Decorative marks on the sides of this 18-inch tall vase were made with the wax-resist technique, whereby liquid wax is brushed on before glazing. The wax prevents the glaze from adhering, so the areas exposed are rendered brown in the salt firing.

Patterns on the sides of this 13-inch high (9.5-inch wide) covered jar were done with a handmade stamp impressed into the clay while it was still moist. The jar was glazed, then scraped with a piece of metal, removing the glaze from the highest parts of the surface but not from the depressions, thereby enhancing the patterns.

The wax-resist method was used also on this 13.3-inch plate to make the design in the center and on the rim.

A greenish-yellow glaze was poured on this 12-inch vase to achieve the pattern. Craters in the surface were caused by the introduction of salt into the kiln at a high temperature.