Maker : Ellen Clancy

14"h x 5.5"d x 6.5"w

Bird Matte Orange Glaze, Black Copper Oxide,
Rusty Nails Glaze, Oolong Matte Glaze, Kalamata Black Glaze, Super Rad Temmoku Glaze

Slab built, 3 piece construction. Carved section partially removed and remainder curved down to form a “button”. Side seams textured with a found tool. Clay body #T3M stoneware, light brown with manganese speckles.

My ceramic pieces are hand-built from brown, white, dark brown or speckled stoneware. All pieces are high fired to cone 6 and are functional and food safe, except where noted.

"Awake and asleep I dream in clay. I am a hand-builder. The expressiveness of clay leaves me breathless. The stoneware gives play to my emotions and mindful wanderings. It speaks eloquently whether burnished smooth or roughly incised. How magical it is that this pliable and responsive medium can permanently bear witness to the essence of that single experience of creating.

My vessel forms sometimes take shape in my sketchbook, but more often come from an ongoing conversation with the clay. Building is very much an intuitive process for me, guided by the spirit of that moment in time and space.

Bowl-shaped vessels hold a special fondness for me. They are comforting, organic and useful and so connected with our history of sustenance and sharing.

My vessel forms and surface work often make use of juxtapositions-light/dark, black/white, textured/smooth, raw/glazed. I find this contrast intensifies each elements properties and results in a piece of stronger expressiveness and richness of form and surface." -Ellen Clancy