David Stonehouse: Espresso Mugs
Espresso mugs #38, #39, #42
Reduction fired white stoneware, celadon glaze and iron wash square
6 (h) x 8.5 (w) x 6.5cm (d), Vol. 120ml
Espresso mug #38: Hand thrown and turned from white stoneware clay and coated in celadon glaze with iron wash details front and rear. Towards the end of the 12-hour firing, as the temperature rises towards 1,280°C, the induced reducing atmosphere inside the kiln transforms the oxides in the glaze to produce these wonderful translucent grey-green surfaces and the iron wash details take on a fluid iridescence
Espresso mugs #38, #39, #42
Reduction fired white stoneware, celadon glaze and iron wash square
6 (h) x 8.5 (w) x 6.5cm (d), Vol. 120ml
Espresso mug #38: Hand thrown and turned from white stoneware clay and coated in celadon glaze with iron wash details front and rear. Towards the end of the 12-hour firing, as the temperature rises towards 1,280°C, the induced reducing atmosphere inside the kiln transforms the oxides in the glaze to produce these wonderful translucent grey-green surfaces and the iron wash details take on a fluid iridescence
Espresso mugs #38, #39, #42
Reduction fired white stoneware, celadon glaze and iron wash square
6 (h) x 8.5 (w) x 6.5cm (d), Vol. 120ml
Espresso mug #38: Hand thrown and turned from white stoneware clay and coated in celadon glaze with iron wash details front and rear. Towards the end of the 12-hour firing, as the temperature rises towards 1,280°C, the induced reducing atmosphere inside the kiln transforms the oxides in the glaze to produce these wonderful translucent grey-green surfaces and the iron wash details take on a fluid iridescence
About the artist
David Stonehouse (b. 1962) is a Cambridge-based artist-maker. His practice is informed by a sense of place and the inherent beauty of materials, and defined by an evolving personal aesthetic rooted in artisanal craftsmanship. His process is to scale back and let each element and material speak, to create objects that draw the user in to look closer and savour a given moment.
After gaining a degree in Silversmithing & Jewellery, he was studio assistant to RCA Professor David Watkins before completing an MA in Product Design at Central Saint Martin’s. He worked in international design before returning to his craft roots to make refined objects.
