Kindness

Description

This is a hand built pod bowl, with original poetry, fired using the ‘raku’ process. The words imprinted in the clay read –

wounds which should diminish us

can still become conduits for kindness

right here in plain sight

It is 12cm high and 14cm in circumference.

It is actually Michaela’s favourite of the elemental range so far – it is very tactile and evocative if landscape..

Raku (meaning ‘easy’ in Japanese, apparently) is a process by which a pot is heated quickly to around 1000 degrees using a gas burner and then placed in a reduction bin, which is a sealed metal bin containing combustible material. By controlling the amount of oxygen reaching the glazes, the potter can produce a range of different colours, although much of this is also down to chance!

‘Seatree elemental’ refers to a range of ceramics using rough clays and alternative firing techniques, such as pit firing or raku firing. All pieces are hand built and unique. Although they utilise original poetry – just like other seatree work – you may have to work harder to read it, as we are happy to let the words be absorbed into the piece itself. The poems chosen for seatree elemental are often more challenging in nature, as this work has emerged as a way for us to explore our relationship to all that is broken and all that is beautiful in this world shadowed by climate injustice. Just like our other work, you will see a colour spectrum inspired by the wild western fringe of Scotland.