Wabi Sabi pots

June 11, 2015 by Luiza Barroso

Wabi Sabi Neriage* pots. The two different clays (porcelain and red stoneware) have been mixed on the wheel then thrown together to form a colored cloudy effect. These pots have been made during my artistic residency in Japan at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park. I have been much inspired by the Wabi Sabi aesthetics, that values serendipity and the surprises we can get while working with a material. Some features of these pots are characteristic of the Wabi Sabi: visible […]

Categories: ceramics • Tags: ceramic, colored clay, neriage, porcelain, pot, red, stoneware, white

Imaginary landscape

April 3, 2015 by Luiza Barroso

Imaginary landscape. Porcelain sculpture made during my stay in Kyoto, as a guest in the Villa Kujoyama.

Categories: ceramics • Tags: imaginary landscape, porcelain sculpture

Matcha bowls

April 2, 2015 by Luiza Barroso

  Series of stoneware matcha bowls made during my stay in Japan at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park. For these bowls I wanted to explore the  tactile features of the clay as well as its natural colors, blending directly on the wheel a fine black clay with a grogged grey clay.

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Pit fired bowls

December 10, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

Wheel-thrown, grogged stoneware bowls. Pit fired for smoky finish. Made during my artistic residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Japan.

Categories: ceramics • Tags: bowl, ceramic, design, grog, pit fire, roly poly, stoneware, wheel-thrown

Nerikomi pots

December 10, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

  Nerikomi technique, with porcelain and red stoneware.  

Categories: ceramics • Tags: ceramic, design, neriage, nerikomi, porcelain, pot, stoneware

Sake bottle

December 10, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

  Wheel-thrown porcelain sake bottle and cup with cobalt stains. Made during my artistic residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park

Categories: ceramics • Tags: blue, bottle, ceramic, cobalt, cup, design, eau de vie, porcelain, sake bottle, stain

Porcelain treasure boxes

December 2, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

Porcelain treasure boxes created during my artistic residency at the Institute of Ceramic Studies in the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Japan. December 2014. Wheel-thrown porcelain base and cobalt colored porcelain slip for the upper part.

Categories: ceramics • Tags: ceramics, cobalt, colored slip, japan, porcelain, treasure box, wheelthrowing

Groggy pots

December 2, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

Grogged white stoneware, wheel-thrown. Porcelain lid, modeled by hand. Made during my stay in artistic residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park.

Categories: ceramics • Tags: ceramic, design, grog, pot, stoneware, wheel throwing

Stone ware

December 1, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

  Minimal stoneware tableware made with the minimum gestures possible. Made during my artistic residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Japan.

Categories: ceramics • Tags: ceramic, minimalism, spoons, stoneware, tableware

Matriochka bowls

July 21, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

  Porcelain stackable breakfast set inspired by the Russian matriochka dolls.

Categories: ceramics • Tags: breakfast set, ceramics, matriochka, porcelain, stackable, wheel throwing

Spot jewelry box

July 20, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

Categories: ceramics • Tags: bijoux, boite a bijoux, ceramics, earthenware, jewelry box, wheel throwing

Picole flask

July 19, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

Categories: ceramics • Tags: bottle, ceramics, earthenware, flask, pocket bottle, wheel throwing

Sino Lamp

July 18, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

Categories: ceramics • Tags: ceramics, earthenware, lamp, wheel throwing

Elixir potions

July 17, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

For those who ever wanted to drink the elixir of life and live forever… These mini bottles play with the myth of the eternal youth. The forms are inspired by ancient potion bottles with a modern twist. What is your secret of youth? Perfume, spices, magic ingredient… Each bottle is different and it is up to the user to define what to put inside.

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Plates

July 16, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

  Series of stackable dishes wheel thrown in white earthenware.

Categories: ceramics • Tags: ceramics, dishes, earthenware, plates, stackable, wheel throwing

Pythos jars

July 15, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

  Pythos comes from two Greek words : pithos (jar) and phytos (plants). Pythos is a duo of jars made to be used as a flower pot and as a urn. These two jars are made of colored earthenware with mate finish. Dimensions: 14.5cm height, 8cm diameter base

Categories: ceramics • Tags: box, ceramics, earthenware, flower pot, jar, pot, wheel throwing

Coffee set

July 15, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

Categories: ceramics • Tags: ceramic, coffee, coffee pot, coffee set, cup, earthenware, wheel throwing

Masterclass of design and ceramics – Ireland

January 30, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

On August 2013 I was invited by the French Institute of Crafts (INMA) to take part of an European program called Dream (Design Research Europe Arts and Crafts), alongside fifteen French, Spanish, Irish and Slovakian designers and ceramic artists. We have participated on a Masterclass of design and ceramics in Ireland, more precisely in Thomastown, Kilkeny. We were welcomed by the Irish Crafts Council and the Thomastown Pottery Skils School. During these 10 days of masterclass we have learned a […]

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Cultural heritage enhacing driven by design in ceramics

January 30, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

For this project I have developed a methodology to insert cultural identity elements into ceramic plates designed to the tourism market of my hometown, Florianópolis in Brazil. The goal was to deliver the visitors keys to know more about the material and immaterial cultural heritage of the city through a complete gastronomic experience. This project had three phases: research of the city icons and graphic translation of these icons into patterns, design of the plate and conception of the packaging.

Categories: ceramics • Tags: ceramics, cultural iconography, cultural identity, icons, patterns, product design

Cache-pot

January 9, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

  Wheel-thrown earthenware cache-pot. Decorated with bleu azur brillant Duncan slip.

Categories: ceramics • Tags: cache-pot, ceramics, earthenware, product design, vase, wheel throwing

mini vases for hand-picked flowers

January 9, 2014 by Luiza Barroso

These miniature bottles were created to highlight these hand-picked flowers that sometimes we bring home after a stroll in the woods. These are wheel-thrown and the carvings were inspired by crystal carved bottles.

Categories: ceramics • Tags: ceramics, flower vase, handpicked flower, miniature bottle, wheel throwing