New pinchpots!!

It’s been long time since we posted something on our blog, but today we finaly took some pictures of our latest work. This is what we made with blue, green, white and violet glazes made by David.

Roots small pinchpot

Smokey black and white teabowl

Lagoon turquize mug

Lavander violet Roots bowl

Vivid violet small pinchpot on a plate

Blue shades mugs

River blue black coffee cups

Lavander violet small pinchpot

Smalvivid violet pinchpots on a plate

Spotty white Roots bowl

Dark shadows teabowl

Lavander violet small pinchpot

Pinchpots

Black Pinchpots

Moment mug, 2017

Handle of Moment mug

Big blue bowl, 2017

Blue mugs. 2017

Red bowls, 2017

Magic blue mug , 2018

Black roots mugs, 2017

Magic blue bowls, 2017

Moon Quarter coofee mugs, medium size, 2018

Moon Quarter coofee mugs, different sizes, 2018

Moon Quarter coofee mugs, big size, 2018

Moon Quarter coofee mugs, espresso size (small), 2018

White Roots Pinchpots, 2018

Here are some black stoneware pinchpots that we made this winter: bowls in different sizes, mugs and plates with some of our tipical glazes that we developed by ourselves.

We could say this style of pottery is tipical for us, for example we make different variations of Moment mug for a few years now, we actually make them in three different sizes, the smallest is great for black coffee, the medium and large size for white coffee or tea. The handle of this mug is also very special, it takes quite some precise work and skill to make it.

Also tipical is the metal looks that we get with combination of ceramic body and glazes. What else could we say about our black pots? As all of them are made with pinching technique we could say they are sort of primitive but on the other hand they are very thin which makes them elegante and timeless in terms of design. Pinching is one of most ancient techniques of making pottery. Pots are shaped very slowely, completely by hands… pinch, pinch, pinch until you like the shape and make it thin enough. For us this is sort of meditation and is great mental therapy 🙂

Glazes

Strunjan Salina Glaze

Last week we went to Strunjan where salt is still produced in traditional salt pans. Strunjan’s salt pans are actually a part of Sečovlje Salina Nature Park. There we picked up some dirt that we found around salt-fields, so we would use it as glaze. Last year we picked up some dirt in Sečovlje salt pans and use it as glaze which came out great. So we tought the glaze from Strunjan’s dirt will be the same, but actually the Strunjan Salina glaze is completely different. It’s brownish and it gets glossy when applied in thick layer. We like it! And we will use it in the future, maybe we combine it with other glazes as well.