Lustre Glaze
Reduced Arabic lustre, an endless search for perfection in an elusive art. This ancient technique has been described as painting with smoke. The glazes contain precious metals and are exposed to intense reduction over a multitude of firings in the search for the promise of beauty. Only a few pieces make the grade from each firing.
The glazes contain real silver, copper and bismuth nitrate, the tools of the alchemists of ancient Arabia who developed these fascinating glazes. Each peice is unique and glazed with layers of varied glazes, fired at different temperatures, with none revealing their character until the kiln door is opened revealing the art of the flame.
Each piece of lustre work is unique, and the range here is all there will ever be of that style. The nature of the technique makes reproduction impossible.
These works are available now and can be shipped once ordered.
Each of these fish are thrown on the wheel then shaped both by hand and the action of smoke, through multiple lustre firings. Each one is unique with its own character. 25cm long
A fine tumbler shaped to fit your hand. Great for wine or just water!
Approximately 8 cm high.
I have a variety of these available, just note on check out which ones you would like.
These curvaceous forms are thrown on the wheel then shaped both by hand and the action of smoke, through multiple lustre firings.21cm high
A pair of tiny blue black lustre vases with mirror bright highlights aprox. 8cm high
Handmade elegant fish sculpture with reduced lustre glaze, aprox 30 cm long
A medium vase with two glazes combined and all the pearlesence you would expect from lustre ware.
This is a medium sized bowl and a complex fascinating peice, revealing new depth and colours as its turned to the light. 20cm width.
This is a medium sized bowl and a complex fascinating peice, revealing new depth and colours as its turned to the light.
15 cm diameter
A very bright small \ fish to share your life, handmade with lustre glaze. Aprox 15cm
