Handcrafted Ceramic Balancing Bowl
Kate Windibank’s process of making ensures that each of her handmade ‘Balanced bowls’ is unique in structure and surface.
The process begins with slabs of soft clay which are torn then pressed into into formers. Layers of porcelain and stoneware clay are carefully built up to create undulating edges, fault-lines and fissures.
Once the bowl is firm enough it is removed from the mould and oxide enriched slips are inlaid in the surface and crevasses of the vessel.
The final metamorphosis occurs during firing: As the heat-work of the kiln turns clay to stone, the oxides are drawn out, reacting and flowing with glaze to create movement and texture that remains permanently captured on the surface.
The bowls are weighted at the base so they remain upright protecting the delicate, translucent porcelain rims.
Kate Windibank’s process of making ensures that each of her handmade ‘Balanced bowls’ is unique in structure and surface.
The process begins with slabs of soft clay which are torn then pressed into into formers. Layers of porcelain and stoneware clay are carefully built up to create undulating edges, fault-lines and fissures.
Once the bowl is firm enough it is removed from the mould and oxide enriched slips are inlaid in the surface and crevasses of the vessel.
The final metamorphosis occurs during firing: As the heat-work of the kiln turns clay to stone, the oxides are drawn out, reacting and flowing with glaze to create movement and texture that remains permanently captured on the surface.
The bowls are weighted at the base so they remain upright protecting the delicate, translucent porcelain rims.
Kate Windibank’s process of making ensures that each of her handmade ‘Balanced bowls’ is unique in structure and surface.
The process begins with slabs of soft clay which are torn then pressed into into formers. Layers of porcelain and stoneware clay are carefully built up to create undulating edges, fault-lines and fissures.
Once the bowl is firm enough it is removed from the mould and oxide enriched slips are inlaid in the surface and crevasses of the vessel.
The final metamorphosis occurs during firing: As the heat-work of the kiln turns clay to stone, the oxides are drawn out, reacting and flowing with glaze to create movement and texture that remains permanently captured on the surface.
The bowls are weighted at the base so they remain upright protecting the delicate, translucent porcelain rims.