Hand made ceramic vase:
This handmade ceramic vase is custom-made to order.
Dimensions: 42cm x 20cm.
We wheel-throw and hand-build each piece from stoneware clay.
We then glaze it with experimental manganese-saturated glazing, and re-fire a second time.
This piece is handmade without the use of molds.
It can be customized into tableware plates and bowl sets. Food-safe and does not not to leak.
Shipping:
Please allow up to 2 weeks for shipping.
Enjoy free delivery within the EU for orders over 450 €.
Shipping within the EU covers all taxes and customs duties.
To ensure efficient deliveries, we work with FedEx and DHL.
Story:
We worked on the ‘’Tylissos’’ series in Crete, where part of Elina’s family is from. There we explored Ancient Minoan ceramics and objects, made for and by a society tuned with rituals around nature and bigger forces. We have never been able to decipher the Minoan civilization and its written language. What we are left with, so clear, so vivid and tangible is its craft – softened
by time, rendered ageless and so much more mystical and powerful. This language and absence of thereof inspired our process.
Minoan ceramics and pottery, like most ancient clay traditions carry the finish of the technical abilities of their time. Specifically, low and uneven firing leads to soft, porous surfaces. In contrast, we tried to distance the appearance of our ceramic from Minoan pottery through hyper-technical, high-firing, and metal-like finishes. We then searched for a new identity, through physical qualities that change in different light conditions. The changing appearance of our glazing can sometimes look dark brown or black, light brown, blueish, or transparent; exposing the grains of the stoneware underneath. It has this contradiction of a grainy but smooth character.
A client commissioned us to design jewelry exhibition boards, while we were immersed in studying Minoan culture. Rather than creating the usual and often lifeless boards, we wanted to design objects that could stand on their own. As a result, we began to explore the idea of vases—pieces that could take on various shapes and continuously evolve.
Excerpts from an interview by Martin Clausen for Adorno.
