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(Left in first image) Beaker #117 | H. 10 cm | By David Stonehouse
Gas fired white stoneware, celadon glaze with cobalt wash detail
H 10 cm, dia 8 cmA hand thrown and turned beaker. Made from white stoneware clay and coated in celadon glaze with cobalt wash detail, then gas reduction fired up to ~1280°C for around 12 hours.
The abstract cobalt details evoke the distant horizons of fare off seascapes.
(right in first image) Beaker #134 | H. 10 cm | By David Stonehouse
Gas fired white stoneware, celadon glaze with cobalt wash detail
H 10 cm, dia 8 cmA hand thrown and turned beaker. Made from white stoneware clay and coated in celadon glaze with cobalt wash detail, then gas reduction fired up to ~1280°C for around 12 hours.
Against a background of delicate freckles, as iron in the clay interacts with the celadon, the cobalt details evoke distant seascapes.
About David Stonehouse
"My work explores abstracted found objects and motifs from places of personal interest and significance, imbuing them with their own distinct character whilst still alluding to their source. Responding to, and developing ideas around, these selected details is what interests me and fuels each body of work. In uniting these site-specific references with meticulously crafted pieces, I seek to create objects that invite quiet attention and encourage sustained engagement. My practice is to work on several collections simultaneously, allowing them to inform one another conceptually, visually, materially and technically. My process is one of deduction and scaling back, letting each element and material speak."
David is a Cambridge-based artist and maker. After gaining a degree in Silversmithing & Jewellery, he was studio assistant to RCA Professor David Watkins, before completed an MA in Product Design at Central Saint Martins. He spent over 25 years in international design before returning to his craft roots to conceive and make refined objects in both ceramic and precious metals.