Between you and I – handmade bowl

Description

This beautiful handmade ceramic bowl sits so well – perfect for collecting treasure or to leave on display as it is, to savour the gorgeous glazes that adorn the inside. Each bowl we make is unique. Pinch pots are satisfying to make and to receive into your home or to send to someone special. The pottery is light and fine but still fit the ‘elemental’ range with their bright raku glazes.

This ceramic bowl is 11-13cm diameter and 4-5cm deep and reads ‘n places of disconnection, between the you and the i, may mycelium grow and nutrients flow, lest all of us whither and die’.

Creating our ‘earth bowls’:

The earth bowls are made in the age-old method of working with clay – called pinch pots or thumb pots. Starting with a ball of clay, the thumb is then pressed in to get us started and then the shape is opened up using a forma. The clay is thinned out and shaped in the palm of our hand, finally using a ball to firm the shape over and fine the edges. Starting in the palm of the hand, it’s easy to imagine them in the palm of the hand of the person receiving the pot at a later date.

Once the clay is drier, then the words of poetry are added using letter stamps. The pot is then placed to dry, before being fired. Glaze is then added inside and one the top of the outside and then the pottery is fired again in the outdoor raku kiln, with all its drama and wonder.

We think these pottery bowls make a beautiful gift to yourself to hold and treasure or to send tenderness to a friend in need.