Collection of elegant black and white ceramic vases

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A tall, slender ceramic vase featuring intricate black abstract patterns and textures on a white stoneware surface.

Handcrafted tall white ceramic vase featuring intricate black abstract patterns.

A round ceramic vase with intricate black botanical and abstract patterns on a white matte surface.

Pause Collection

The Pause collection uses monotype printing to create unique images with no repeatable template. Black underglaze is drawn through screens onto a gel plate and then transferred to the ceramic surface. A somewhat different mark is created with each print, according to the curve of the surface and how the fragments of image overlay each other.

A sleek, modern ceramic vase features a unique, abstract black and white pattern

A tall, narrow cylindrical ceramic vase with a black and white abstract constellation pattern.

Nyx collection

The Nyx collection uses a single silk screen with connecting lines that create a constellation-like design. The night sky pattern emerged while listening to Stephen Fry's Mythos audio book so it seemed fitting to name the collection Nyx after the primordial god of night.

A round ceramic spherical vase featuring a textured gray and white abstract underglaze design

Horae collection

A small, round ceramic vase adorned with intricate, linear blue patterns of the sun and stars

Two elegant, handcrafted ceramic vases, one slender and one slightly wider, feature a delicate blue-and-white starburst

Two elegant, handcrafted ceramic vases, one tall, one short, feature a unique blue abstract pattern

The Horae collection features images of the sun and constellations. The sun represents the Greek god Helios, who drove the sun chariot across the sky. The constellations represent Nyx, the goddess personification of night who travels in a dark chariot. Depicting the sun and night together, this collection is called Horae after the goddesses who harness and unyoke the horses to their chariots.

The monotype process

The intricate surface decoration is achieved with layers of underglaze pattern inked onto custom made screens over a gel plate. Transferring the monotype print onto the ceramic surface is either done by pressing the vase onto the gel plate or holding the gel plate up to the vase. When the decoration is complete, the pieces are fired to 1200°c to fuse the underglaze image to the clay.

The short videos below help to give an insight into the monotype printing process.