Horsehair Pottery

"Horsehair pottery is pottery that, as the name implies, incorporates hair from the manes and tails of horses into its design. The process of creating horsehair pottery involves applying strands of hair to the surface of a hot clay pot that has just been removed from the Kiln. The hair carbonizes, leaving random patterns in the pot's surface. Horse hair makes especially dramatic patterns because of its coarseness and length. Tail hair is thicker, so it leaves bolder patterns, and finer mane hair produces more subtle lines."
www.wisegeek.com/what-is-horse…

One of my first pots, using the hair from some horses in my photography. Photo taken by me in a homemade lightbox.