Description
This framed ceramic artwork has a poem by Chris, highlighted by a lines and glaze and some hints of silver leaf. It has a beautiful message which reads –
Was I born broken?
Did I corkscrew into this world preskewed?
If I stare down into my own soul
Do I see only darkness or am I light?
Could it be that despite the damage
The deepest parts of me still
Lie sacred?
The framed artwork is 30cm x 35cm with a picture hanging system on the back.
How we make our ceramic artworks
The poem, or lines from a poem, are chosen first – even though it may only be a part of a poem, you can be assured that it was created with feeling. The words are stamped in letter by letter into the clay tile which was cut from a slab of soft stoneware clay and dried a little. The sketch is then etched into the clay – Michaela loves to doodle, and lets her imagination go with what the words have inspired, putting in the lines, textures and some colour, before placing the tile between plasterboard sheets to keep it flat while drying.
Once fired, more colour is added – underglaze is used to pick out the lettering and the lines and textures and then a dash of colour using underglaze or glaze, brings the word and the image to life. Each one is unique and special.
The tile is then fired again, so each tile has gone through a long process of making. We inject everything we make with love!
These pictures make a lovely treat for yourself, or for a gift – to capture attention every day and yet needing to get close to read the detail – you choose where the words will keep on bringing delight to its owner.
A treasure indeed.
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