process

As a consumer, it can be hard to find the value behind the product without knowing its journey and process to what you receive. Ceramics takes patciece, care and time. Each piece is first formed from a wedged piece of clay hand thrown into a centre on the wheel. The art of centring enables the artist to pull up even walls of either side of the pot. Once the form is thrown, this piece is known as ‘green ware’ and is left to methodically dry to a leather hard.

At this stage it is trimmed using a variety of hand held tools to sculpt the pot to its definitive form. Once fully dried, it is kiln fired to 1000 degrees, this is known as ‘bisque ware’. This is then dipped into a liquid known as glaze, an impervious layer or coating of a vitreous substance which becomes fused to a ceramic body through firing. The final stage of the process it last firing at 1240 degrees. The process is a ritual myself and may others follow. Thank you for being apart of that process.

“creativity takes courage” - Henri Matisse