saaramic
handmade vessels that keep their flaws. brisbane claymaking.
the collectionGreenware Is the word for clay before fire. the piece at its weakest, and its most honest. i make it by hand, fire it in wood, and let the kiln have the last word. what comes out crooked stays crooked. that is the work.
six pieces, no seconds
sa.01ember bottle
$340
terracotta, smoke-fired
leans a little. don't we all.
sa.02ash bowl
$220
pale grey stoneware
the rim wanders where the hand did.
sa.03cleft vessel
$410
raw umber clay
split in the drying. leant into it.
sa.04stone cup
$85
speckled bone stoneware
four finger marks, left where they landed.
sa.05leaning jar
$290
iron oxide clay
the lid has never quite fit.
sa.06moon jar
$680
celadon crackle glaze
the only glaze we own.
thirty hours of wood, then we open the door and find out
i.
no pyrometer
the kiln is read by the colour of its own light. cone packs and instinct, nothing digital.
ii.
no second firing
one pass through the flame. whatever the ash settles into is the surface, and the surface is final.
iii.
one glaze
a single celadon, mixed from one recipe, reserved for one form. everything else stays naked clay.
a shed, a wheel, a woodpile
the studio sits at the end of a gravel drive in the the byron bay hinterland. clay is sourced within an hour of the door. the kiln was built by hand from salvaged brick and holds sixty pieces, of which some survive.
- clay
- local terracotta, dug not bought
- kiln
- anagama type, salvaged brick
- firing
- 30 hrs, wood only
- survival rate
- about two in three
- editions
- none. every piece is the only one
- seconds
- we do not believe in them