- Green Mtn Pottery

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Handcrafted in Vermont, Green Mountain Pottery stoneware is both beautiful and durable.  Green Mountain Pottery stoneware is oven safe, microwave safe and dishwasher safe.  All glazes are food safe, containing no harmful material.

The Stoneware Process  

Thrown By Hand

Green Mountain potter Ed Racicot makes his pottery using a blend of stoneware clays, chosen for their durability.  Each unique stoneware piece is thrown by hand on the Potter’s Wheel.  Created, the piece is put aside for a few days to dry to a state called ‘leather hard’.  Once leather hard, another day is spent trimming the stoneware pottery.  It is here that Ed puts the final touches on the piece to perfect the shape.  This is also the last opportunity to affect the pliable clay. 

Glazing

Trimmed, the stoneware is then left to slowly dry, for up to two weeks.  Then the piece is again placed on the Potter’s Wheel to be glazed.  Once glazed, the stoneware pottery is again left to dry for a day or so.

Firing in the Kiln  

Finally, all the Green Mountain Pottery goes into a kiln where it fires to about 2200 over a period of 18 hours or so.  Once fired, the kiln and it's load of stoneware pots from Vermont needs to cool.  Cooling takes another 12 to 14
hours.  

A slow firing time enhances the thermal shock properties of the stoneware clay (thermal shock resistance is what keeps stoneware from breaking as it goes from freezer to oven, being able to withstand severe, rapid temperature changes).  
Slow cooling of the kiln also helps the unique glazes keep their brilliant colors.
Custom orders may be accepted as time allows.

Pottery sinks from Vermont.

Ed also makes stoneware pottery vessel and drop in (self rimming) sinks as well as under-mount basins.

Pottery sink styles are availablr custom made in a wide range of styles and glazes.

From Old World - Craftsman style basins to Italian influenced modern, with seven different styles to choose from.

We can create a one of a kind pottery art sink that reflects the style and needs of the homeowner.