Thrown by stars – raku bowl

Description

A beautiful raku-fired ceramic bowl, with a line from Chris’s poetry which reads, ‘when light is thrown by stars, does it fly forever like a soul set free, or is it just taking the long way home? go towards the light’

The glazes are soft and suggestive of a rocky shoreline, with greens and turquoises and hint of copper on the base.

This raku-fired bowl has an organic, earthy shape and a rich texture and glaze. It is 9.5cm deep and 27cm diameter, with a natural edged rim.

How we make our elemental pots

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.

This bowl is perfect for anyone who loves ceramics and gentle words.