Etsy - SandpiperArtStudios Wobbly Wonky Misshapen Blue & White Ceramic Pot

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Description

Tossed by the Sea! That's the theme of this collection of ceramic pots & bowls. All hand made, wheel thrown pottery made in my back garden studio. I make small batch pottery. The Tossed by the Sea collection is inspired by the movement of the sea. My previous (ongoing) collection was 'Rockpools' & was inspired by, you've guessed it, rockpools & the colours within. All of my work is inspired by either the woodlands where I go foraging or Dorset's Jurassic Coast where my partner owns a house two miles from Durdle Door & Lulworth Cove! My work is imbued with the sea, sky & majesty of the landscape & this collection has a little bit of the rockpool about it - the jewelled gems of stones & beach glass & fossil that is found at the bottom of the pools, if you know where to look, & is different every day. The myriad of colours & textures that you find in the pools on the beach is astounding! I pick up fossils & beach glass as I walk & include a bit here & a bit there in my work, to bring the seaside inside the home & to pass a little bit of Jurassic Coast along to my customers. This collection is all a bit distorted, a bit misshapen, wonky, as if it has been floating, lightly submerged & tossed by the sea over time. Pulled this way & that, as are the fossil rocks & beach glass that begin as one shape & end up as another, when we find them & bring them into our homes. Each bowl is different from the next; they were all thrown on a potter's wheel, the stretched & pulled & swept while in the drying stage, as the sea would pull & push the forms of the flotsam & jetsam in the water. This bowl is VERY distorted!! This bowl was made with two others using the same combinations of glazes. This one is T39, the others are T38 & T37 & they all complement each other. The colours are invented by me - I mixed & combined different layers of glazes to create new colours, as the sea mixes & mingles the rocks & creatures to become something new. The pale blue (a mixture of three glazes) is the basis of the colours, then I added a variety of greens, purples & other hues & textures - froth for the wave crests & fossil rock crumbled into the mix. Last off all I added a piece or two of beach glass picked up from Charmouth or Lulworth or Durdle Door beach, to melt into the interior. The bowls were then over glazed with clear glaze. They are meant to be more decorative that functional. Yes, they are functional, but I can't guarantee that they are dishwasher safe or microwave safe or even food safe, because I have incorporated sprinkled fossils into them! I would use them as pieces of sculpture to have around the house, positioned to catch the light. Something to ponder & make you think of the seaside. The 9th wedding anniversary is commemorated with a gift of pottery. These bowls will arrive gift wrapped in random, pretty boxes that contain tissue & sustainable packaging or sometimes I use bubble wrap or other wrapping if I receive a delivery - I'd rather re-use plastic than