In late 2023, I undertook a residency at Casa Julfa in Montmorillon, France—a place steeped in elemental beauty and ancestral craft. The resulting body of work, La Terre et le Feu (Earth and Fire), comprises of wood-fired ceramics that embody the raw alchemy of place, process, and presence.
Thrown and hand-built forms emerge from locally foraged clay, shaped slowly and fired in a wood kiln. The collection reflects a deep engagement with the land and its rhythms—digging, drying, wedging, and forming as meditative acts. The residency became a space of grounding and transformation, where I reconnected with ancestral methods and the soulful tactility of clay.
La Terre et Le Feu VI is a thrown terracotta wide dish that was dropped into a box of hay, while the vessel was still hot from the kiln, which causes the hay to combust around the vessel, creating a blackened smoked surface. The process is called Reduction. This piece is left raw without a glaze.
Dimensions:
Opening Diameter - 8.6cm
Height - 6.5cm
Base Diameter - 9.5cm
Disclaimer: Due to the nature of the piece, this piece is not water-tight. Please only use with dry goods and trinkets.
In late 2023, I undertook a residency at Casa Julfa in Montmorillon, France—a place steeped in elemental beauty and ancestral craft. The resulting body of work, La Terre et le Feu (Earth and Fire), comprises of wood-fired ceramics that embody the raw alchemy of place, process, and presence.
Thrown and hand-built forms emerge from locally foraged clay, shaped slowly and fired in a wood kiln. The collection reflects a deep engagement with the land and its rhythms—digging, drying, wedging, and forming as meditative acts. The residency became a space of grounding and transformation, where I reconnected with ancestral methods and the soulful tactility of clay.
La Terre et Le Feu VI is a thrown terracotta wide dish that was dropped into a box of hay, while the vessel was still hot from the kiln, which causes the hay to combust around the vessel, creating a blackened smoked surface. The process is called Reduction. This piece is left raw without a glaze.
Dimensions:
Opening Diameter - 8.6cm
Height - 6.5cm
Base Diameter - 9.5cm
Disclaimer: Due to the nature of the piece, this piece is not water-tight. Please only use with dry goods and trinkets.
