Description
400ml jug suitable to contain cold and hot liquids. There are three to choose from the current collection handmade in Italy.
From Judita
MY WORK
My pots are objects to be used, sometimes very colourful, sometimes simple and plain.
I make mostly kitchenware and functional pieces, alongside with ornamental vases of different dimensions. The majority of the pieces is hand-thrown, however I enjoy hand-building for the bigger works. I am in love with engobe (slip) and I have been working overall with earthenware in the past years. Since my move to the UK, however, I am keen on getting back on trail with stoneware and experimenting other types of clay as well.
The second area of exploration I feel very passionate about is the link between people that can arise through the working of the clay.
INSPIRATION
My quest for clay work was inspired by my childhood home, where ceramics in different shapes entered in from every corner of the world, and embodied some shared experience that would have usually been sealed by a cup of hot infusion. We used to drink a lot of tea, each time from a different handmade cup, and each cup carried a different story. Each story would be our joining thread.
Most of my work rotates around the question of the perception, correlation and concept of objects in our daily life.
The encounter and collaboration with the MORE CLAY LESS PLASTIC project in Italy reinforced my aim for reflection around daily use objects and for growing awareness on the consequences of the contemporary culture determined by a concept of Single Use.
BEGINNINGS
When I started asking local potters in Italy for a way to learn the profession of potter, the advises led me to Germany. I ended up at the Keramikschuele Landshut, a three years vocational training in ceramic art craft, and the journey hasn’t stopped since.
During my school years I had the chance to train for short periods by masters in Greece and in UK and to take part on different seminars. A scholarship brought me to France at the La Borne wood firing festival. The encounter with wood firing was decisive for the future developments of my work, and smoothed the path for an apprenticeship between South Korea and La Borne that was vital both for personal growth and directions to take in my ceramic work.
Once back in Europe I settled in Italy, where I stayed until our last move to the beautiful Yorkshire moors.
