{"title":"The Ceramics","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"tide-ceramic-vase","title":"Vessel | Tide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVessel Tide · £195 · Slip-cast vessel · white clay, turquoise and cobalt enamel · 28 × 29 cm · one made\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCast in a plaster mould carved by hand, finished, biscuit-fired, then sprayed in turquoise and cobalt and fired again, the colour building as a fine gradient across the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original was carved from raw plaster over many days, its soft, structured lines suggesting a torso, and the small ring handle is set by hand after casting. Three days of slow, sheltered drying keep the clay from straining as it contracts. The final high firing brings up the blue and the crackle together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e white clay from the Iberian Peninsula, turquoise and cobalt enamel · slip-cast in a hand-sculpted mould, twice fired · Salé, Morocco · 28 × 29 × 8 cm · 1.2 kg · one of one · decorative; not for food or liquids; dust with a soft dry cloth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMade in a studio in Salé, on Morocco's Atlantic coast, by a ceramicist who came to the craft through his father's connection to the old Oulja pottery market, which no longer exists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree UK delivery. 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The form is cast in a plaster mould the ceramicist carved himself, finished by hand, coated in iron oxide and manganese and fired three times, with a last pass of manganese laid down across the surface like sediment against rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original was carved by hand from a block of raw plaster over several days, and the mould was taken from that sculpture. Each cast is reworked by hand to bring back the character of the original. 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It dries slowly and is fired three times at 1030 degrees, the green arriving in layers rather than in a single glaze, which is why it holds light differently at the shoulder than at the foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe coils are built from liquid white clay from the Iberian Peninsula, and all four handles are shaped and joined by hand. The piece then rests in a closed cupboard for at least five days, the only way to keep the handles from cracking as it dries. Oxides carry the colour from near black at the foot to bright jade at the shoulder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e white clay from the Iberian Peninsula, engobes, lead-free enamel, mineral oxides · hand-coiled, triple-fired at 1030°C · Salé, Morocco · 17 × 23 × 31 cm · 1.1 kg · one of one · decorative; not for food or liquids; dust with a soft dry cloth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMade in a studio in Salé, on Morocco's Atlantic coast, by a ceramicist who came to the craft through his father's connection to the old Oulja pottery market, which no longer exists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree UK delivery. 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Grey meets green where the layers thin over the curve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three feet are rolled from a slab and joined to the thrown body, so the vessel lifts away from whatever it stands on. Those three days of drying happen out of any draught, which stops fine cracks forming where the feet meet the body. The cobalt gathers in a dense crackle across the top, clouded turquoise at the rim settling into a calmer pale blue at the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e white clay from the Iberian Peninsula, blue engobe, transparent enamel, cobalt oxide · wheel-thrown, hand-built feet, triple-fired · Salé, Morocco · 19 × 19 × 17.5 cm · 1.3 kg · one of one · decorative; not for food or liquids; dust with a soft dry cloth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMade in a studio in Salé, on Morocco's Atlantic coast, by a ceramicist who came to the craft through his father's connection to the old Oulja pottery market, which no longer exists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree UK delivery. 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