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Black stoneware vases with white contrast
Sometimes, instead of a jar I throw a vase as a warmup, and sometimes I make vases also deliberately, throw they are not my everyday forms to make.
Video: Final tuning of the lidded jar
I often say that lid and the body of a ceramic jar need to sing together. Every lid as its own tone what they make. In this 6-minute video I show how I make the final tuning to my lidded jars.
Black stoneware jars with white torn texture
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.
Web page has hatched
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
VIDEO: Throwing and trimming a small closed form lidded jar
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
My new makers marks
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”.
