The look resembles a tree trunk or a dried earth, which it actually is.
The effect is achieved with drying the outside of the body rapidly with a help of sodium silicate and a torch. Made from the Spanish black stoneware clay and the texture is filled with white engobe to bring out the contrast between white and black.
It has been a lot of screen hours behind the computer developing the web page and reflecting on my work and values.
Finally I can open my new home for my ceramics and handcraft
About 6 minutes video how I throw closed form lidded jar from one piece of clay. Throwing the jar and lid from one piece of clay and trimming and refining it on the next day
Makers marks are like a signature. Adding my mark is always the last thing I do when everythin is finished. It’s like saying “the work is ready now”.
When there are already many millimeters of raw glaze on, the weight of the glaze makes it move down in firing causing the drips
My very first ceramic cups have made all the difference in my life. Probably this is how I got infected with making ceramics.