Piece made by hand in Nathalie Reocreux's workshop.
What Nathalie Reocreux likes most about ceramics is the experimentation. Gathering materials, grinding them, pounding them, sieving them, mixing them and revealing them through flame.
Nathalie Reocreux uses clay that she gathers from her home in Brittany or while traveling, as well as clay from small farms. The process is very long: she removes the largest pebbles and debris by pressing the clay between her fingers. The ceramicist leaves the rest; this creates a decorative effect during firing.
Nathalie also uses materials she finds for the manufacture of her enamels (granite, quartz, schist, hematite, wood and plant ash...)
A production that takes time and lets itself be guided by chance.
MATERIALS : Soil harvested in Chateaubriant
COOKING : 6-day collective cooking in an anagama-type wood-fired oven
TECHNIQUE : Hand-modeled
ENAMEL : Placed in the oven without enamel. The ashes and embers that settled in the cup throughout the firing process created an enamel.
COLOR : golden ochre brown
DIMENSIONS : Ø 26cm, height 7.5cm
USES AND MAINTENANCE:
Dishwasher: Yes
Oven: No
Food: Yes
