Hand Thrown Neriage Vessel – Made to Order

PLEASE NOTE – THIS PRODUCT IS MADE TO ORDER AND CANNOT BE RETURNED.

PRODUCT NOTE/DISCLAIMER

This piece is made to order. The photos on the website are a representation of the coloured clays used to create this piece and will vary in strength of colour. The coloured clays can appear in the interior or exterior of the vessel and cannot be controlled.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Conscious Clay ceramic artwork is a wonderfully unique way to celebrate your loved one. Based in Western Australia, ceramisist Hayley Bangham works with Neriage (pronounced Nair-ee-ah-gee) Japanese pottery technique to create this hand thrown design incorporating your loved ones ashes into the layers of clay. Neriage technique involves layering and stacking various colours and grades of clay by hand and demands a high level of precision and understanding of clay behaviour. This ‘composite’ is then thrown on the potters wheel, resulting in a captivating and unique blend of swirls and spirals. Each piece has several different colours and grades of Australian sourced clay, including fine white porcelin, buff raku trachyte, warm tanned and creamy coloured ironstones, rough dark chocolate stoneware and slithers of fine blue and pink clays created by hand in Hayley’s studio.

The exterior of this piece is burnished (polished) with the smooth side of a river stone while it is still leather hard. This emphasises the natural colours and exposes raw minerals embedded in the clay. The interior is glazed with a traditional Japanese semi-translucent Kuan glaze.

FEATURES

• Hand thrown piece
• Made to order
• Australian made
• Uses a small portion of your loved ones ashes
• Each piece stamped with a small ‘spiral of life’ representing life, death and rebirth
• Ashes mixed through the clay
• Interior is glazed to allow for the vessel to be used for more display options (the exterior remains porous)

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