Four-Sided Crypto Vessel

7-day anagama woodfired, slab-built "crypto" vessel, all bare clay with natural fly ash glaze from the firing. This piece is watertight. 12"x5"x6"
 
Original crypto stamps are an exploration of the relationship between information and decoration, the decay of information, and the fetishization of foreign alphabets. Each set of symbols is a coherent and logical progression of a rule or pattern, carved into a clay cube. As such, each set of symbols has six parts or iterations.