Special Rope Mug - Carved Chameleon - Twin Willows Ceramics

 TWIN WILLOWS CERAMICS  Rope Mug with carved Chameleon.Hand carved and glazed.

This is a earthenware slip cast cup with hand-carved design.
 11cm highHolds 450ml liquid.  Artist Statement:Handmade and -painted earthenware.I like to think of myself as a hands on ceramisist. This means that every step from wedging the clay to stacking the kiln is done by my hands only.I believe that handmade items enhance our lives and therefore love making vessels and functional ceramics by wheel throwing, hand building or slip casting, used separately or combined.Most often the design is applied using a technique called sgraffito. Whereby an underglaze is painted on to greenware and a carving tool is used to carve away the paint that reveals the natural clay beneath. These designs are often compared to woodcuts or linocuts.I hope that each if my pieces turns the ordinary daily lives of the people who take them home into extraordinary!   About the Sgraffito Technique