Drip Glaze • Studio Pottery • One of a Kind
A wheel-thrown vessel by Frank Polizzi of The Mulberry Pottery, in oatmeal glaze over oxblood red.
The Hinoki Journal
Two glazes meeting in the middle.
A pale oatmeal glaze is poured over the top and left to run — it pools thick and glossy around the shoulder, then breaks into long drips down the sides where it meets a deep oxblood red underneath. The line where they meet is different all the way around, which is the whole appeal and the part no factory could reproduce. The shape is low and round with a wide collar and a small opening: elegantly simple, traditional in form, and the kind of thing that only looks effortless because someone has thrown thousands of them.
Why It Found Its Way to Hinoki
This one has a name attached to it. Frank Polizzi has worked as a full-time studio potter in Mineral Point, Wisconsin for more than forty years, firing stoneware, porcelain and pit-fired earthenware at The Mulberry Pottery — a studio built into a former 1940s hatchery, with a second site in a century-old cheese factory where he built his own wood-burning kiln. He was named Wisconsin Public Television's Commemorative Artist in 2009. Signed studio pottery from a working potter is a different proposition from an unattributed vintage find, and we were glad to get it.
Features
- Wheel-thrown studio pottery
- Oatmeal drip glaze over oxblood red
- Low, rounded vessel with a wide collar
- Works as a bowl or a small planter
- One of a kind
Details
- Maker: Frank Polizzi, The Mulberry Pottery — Mineral Point, Wisconsin
- Dimensions: 6" diameter x 4.5" high
- Material: Glazed stoneware
- Wheel-thrown and hand-glazed, so no two pieces are alike
✦ Amy's Styling Tip
At six inches across it's a shelf piece rather than a table centerpiece — a single stem, a small trailing plant, or nothing at all. If you plant it, keep the nursery pot inside and lift it out to water rather than potting directly.
Hinoki Care Suggestions
Hand wash and dry. Studio pottery doesn't belong in a dishwasher or a microwave.
About the Maker
The Mulberry Pottery is the studio and gallery of Frank Polizzi in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, where he has produced wood-fired stoneware, porcelain and pit-fired earthenware for over forty years using locally dug glazes.
We were drawn to this piece because it carries the hand of a working potter rather than a production line. It's exactly the kind of made-to-last object we love bringing to our Foragers.
Drip Glaze • Studio Pottery • One of a Kind
A wheel-thrown vessel by Frank Polizzi of The Mulberry Pottery, in oatmeal glaze over oxblood red.
The Hinoki Journal
Two glazes meeting in the middle.
A pale oatmeal glaze is poured over the top and left to run — it pools thick and glossy around the shoulder, then breaks into long drips down the sides where it meets a deep oxblood red underneath. The line where they meet is different all the way around, which is the whole appeal and the part no factory could reproduce. The shape is low and round with a wide collar and a small opening: elegantly simple, traditional in form, and the kind of thing that only looks effortless because someone has thrown thousands of them.
Why It Found Its Way to Hinoki
This one has a name attached to it. Frank Polizzi has worked as a full-time studio potter in Mineral Point, Wisconsin for more than forty years, firing stoneware, porcelain and pit-fired earthenware at The Mulberry Pottery — a studio built into a former 1940s hatchery, with a second site in a century-old cheese factory where he built his own wood-burning kiln. He was named Wisconsin Public Television's Commemorative Artist in 2009. Signed studio pottery from a working potter is a different proposition from an unattributed vintage find, and we were glad to get it.
Features
- Wheel-thrown studio pottery
- Oatmeal drip glaze over oxblood red
- Low, rounded vessel with a wide collar
- Works as a bowl or a small planter
- One of a kind
Details
- Maker: Frank Polizzi, The Mulberry Pottery — Mineral Point, Wisconsin
- Dimensions: 6" diameter x 4.5" high
- Material: Glazed stoneware
- Wheel-thrown and hand-glazed, so no two pieces are alike
✦ Amy's Styling Tip
At six inches across it's a shelf piece rather than a table centerpiece — a single stem, a small trailing plant, or nothing at all. If you plant it, keep the nursery pot inside and lift it out to water rather than potting directly.
Hinoki Care Suggestions
Hand wash and dry. Studio pottery doesn't belong in a dishwasher or a microwave.
About the Maker
The Mulberry Pottery is the studio and gallery of Frank Polizzi in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, where he has produced wood-fired stoneware, porcelain and pit-fired earthenware for over forty years using locally dug glazes.
We were drawn to this piece because it carries the hand of a working potter rather than a production line. It's exactly the kind of made-to-last object we love bringing to our Foragers.