Ceramic Textured Beaker by Tim Lake
£32.00
A drinking vessel for all occasions.
This ceramic textured beaker is distinguished by vertical marks in the top half of the vessel; it is one of a collection of 3 - why not buy all 3 to add to (or start) your contemporary ceramics collection.
Thrown and textured from an iron rich clay.
Bisque slip, hardwood ash glaze which become quite fluid and glassy in some areas. Fired to approximately 1300°C in a gas and wood kiln in a reduction atmosphere.
Hand wash is recommended to prolong use.
Height: 10.5cm
Diameter: 8cm
Tim sets up situations to allow variation and serendipitous events to happen within the kiln. This starts with adding rogue elements such as raw, unrefined local clay into his previously prepared clay bodies and continues with the placement of specific pots in specific zones within the kiln. These zones catch the brunt and force of the flames as they enter and flow around the kiln. Combining all these factors helps to give the pieces their individuality and character.
"I make pots. Pots to be used, pots to be looked at and most of all pots to be enjoyed. A variety of different voices inform my work, from East to West, Korea to Marshall, earth to sky, Karatsu to Mackenzie. I hope that the combination of these influences and personal endeavour lead to pieces of work that have an individuality and a subtle beauty that only clay can allow to happen."