Description
These beautiful handmade ceramic bowls sit so well – it would be hard to decide whether to use them to collect treasures or to leave empty to see the gorgeous glazes that adorn the inside. Each bowl has a line from Chris’s poetry, so each one 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.
Each pot is unique and handmade so size varies between 11-13cm diameter and 4-5cm deep.
that precious ache inside letting you know you were loved and that you loved too in return (speckled white inside, 13cm diameter, 5cm deep)
just when all seems lost, she whispers still, see i am making all things new, even you (copper inside, 12cm diameter, 4cm deep)
welcome the old folk, bring all of your experience, welcome the young, bring revolution (coppers and greens inside, 12cm diameter, 4cm deep)
the best of you finds the best of me in this time when we embrace (greens and blues inside, 12cm diameter, 4.5cm deep)
blessed are the tender ones who carry mercy in their very souls (red inside with copper speckles, 12.5cm diameter, 4.5cm deep)
at the edges of our peripheral vision, whole worlds end hardly noticed (coppers and greens inside, 11cm diameter, 4cm deep)
the sun can only be seen in the light of the sun and everything else is just reflection (copper inside, 13cm diameter, 4.5cm deep)
welcome the poets, weave us your words, welcome the singers, come sing your songs (speckled white inside, 12cm diameter, 4.5cm deep)
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.
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