Separated

Description

Hand built vase in the shape of a tree, with original poetry, fired using the raku process.

The poem on the vase is as follows..

we ate then separated

but hold a memory deep inside

of how the soil did once provide

of how the speckled forest floor

embraced tiny mushroom spores

of how the stars were mystery

and love made electricity

and how the body is but host

to the spirit and the holy ghost

we ate then separated

The pot is 21cm high and 17cm at widest point.

Raku (meaning ‘easy’ in Japanese) is a process by which a pot is heated quickly to around 1000 degrees using a gas burner, then it is placed in a reduction bin (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.