Hannah Blackall Smith Stoneware heart shaped vessel 30
Handmade in Copenhagen
Dimensions: H – 17cm x W - 15cm
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Hand thrown stoneware, fired once to 975c and then smoked fired.
Description:
This beautifully textured, heart shaped form is part of a small collection of unique vessels representative of the artist's exploration of form and surface, as well as her ongoing fascination with antiquity.
The pieces are hand thrown and fired at 975c, then smoke fired leaving beautifully subtle rustic smoke markings around the exterior of each vase. The inspiration for the forms comes from ancient Greek and Roman pottery shapes and is part of a larger body of work exploring forms pertaining to ancient civilisations.
As all products are handmade, sizes and colour may vary slightly.
About the Artist:
Hannah Blackall-Smith is a, largely self taught, English potter now living and making in Copenhagen. Since moving to the city in 2017 she has assisted local ceramicist Tasja Pulawska and now Hannah runs her own studio Blacksmith Ceramics in Copenhagen.
Inspiration for a warmly rustic, yet minimal, aesthetic comes from a range of places; scandinavian design principles yet also historic pottery shapes from ancient civilisations and late 20th century studio pottery from the UK.
Hannah is completely wedded to the wheel above all other ceramic techniques and adds a fluted texture to many of her pieces. This is applied mid way through throwing when the clay is at its wettest stage and captures the momentum of the wheel in the gently twisted fluting.
Creating visible traces and irregularities of the hand making process in her work is a form of communication with the piece’s final owner. These pots have lived several lives before they are even used: on the wheel, in the kiln and (in the case of the smoke fired pieces) in the fire. Each early stage of the pot’s ‘life’ leaves an indelible mark on its surface that will be there in perpetuity.