New pieces from the kiln
It has been a long time since I published anything on instagram. I have been missing it but I have been really busy.
Last year was a crazy one, in all senses. We had just found out I was pregnant when we all had to lock down. The world stopped for a while, and so did I to grow a tiny human. For us it will always be a special year because we completed our family with our little girl. She has just turned one. She is all we could dream and more.
This last porcelain collection was made while we were lock down in our houses and I was expecting our baby. Because of this it is made really slowly and with a lot of love. I like to think that all the curvy shapes and tiny details were influenced some how by her.
I try to work really carefully and always attach porcelain with the same content of water in it. I let the porcelain dry really slowly, something like for ages, to prevent cracks happening when the shrinkage occurs unevenly enough within a piece. Anyway I still get some cracks in the places I attach the handles or the legs. I have to keep on working on improving this process but I must not expect a porcelain to dry as well as a stoneware. Maybe it is just I should not make this kind of shapes using a porcelain. I have read pieces which has differing thicknesses and has angular contours in porcelain may not be practical.
I keep unglazed biscuit porcelain on the outside. It is warmer to the touch and I love the white velvety appearance it has over the soft shapes. So I glaze on the inside to make the ware functional. But this is also creating stresses in the pieces. So I guess I work against myself.
How do you get porcelain ware without cracks?
This butternut shaped pitcher will be perfect to bring fresh water to your table. Slab built porcelain coated with a glossy glaze on the inside and fired up to 1250ºC.
These pieces are made with very thin slabs of porcelain (2 or 3 mm. max.) This makes them light enough to stand on their thin legs when fired up to 1250ºC. Working with such a thin layer of porcelain is a delicate process and some pieces are lost during building or firing. All of this pieces are one of a kind, and even if I try to make another they will never be the same.
It is dishwasher safe and food safe, although please take care, washing by hand is the best option. Thin edges can be susceptible to chipping if they’re bashed so please handle your pieces with care. I personally always hand wash my handmade pieces.
Approx 650cc
9 cm Diameter
21 cm Height
Limoges Porcelain
Glossy glaze inside