Nude
Earth, layered and laid bare.
Nude highlights the natural colours and characteristics of clay. By combining and manipulating different clays during the making process, graphic patterns, subtle striations and contrasting textures emerge without the stains, oxides, colourants or glazes typically used to dress ceramic wares.
The resulting surfaces have a hushed beauty, allowing the material to remain visibly itself.
Each piece is handmade using a combination of wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques. Bringing different clays together within a single body requires close attention to the inherent properties of each—from its rate of drying to how much it shrinks in the kiln.
Not all clays are compatible. Under the stress of high firing temperatures, mismatched clays can pull apart and crack. A pairing that works visually must also hold together physically.
By removing the usual finish, Nude turns attention back to the material: what it is, how it behaves, and what it reveals when left unadorned.
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