Description
This beautiful handmade ceramic bowls sit so well in the hand – it would be hard to decide whether to use it to collect treasures or to leave empty to see the gorgeous glazes that adorn the inside. Like all of our pottery, this bowl has a line from Chris’s poetry, so is a one-off. 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.
The bowl, with a rich red glaze, with speckles of copper, is 15cm diameter and 6.5cm deep.
It reads – our mother’s mother shaped her very grounds around those rays that suns make at solstice, it made me
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 this bowl would make a beautiful gift to yourself, connecting with your past, or as a gift to a mother or grandmother.
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