Platters by Danica Ceramica

Danica Ceramica produces a collection of functional ceramics designed to capture the nature of clay and celebrate the intimate process of hand-making objects for everyday use.

Danica explains, “The fluid look of my surface design is achieved by pressing and marking the clay at its wettest stage while it is still on my potter’s wheel. This is when it is most responsive, allowing me to retain traces of my process.” With finger marks pressed into the bases and sharp grooves that undulate around the sides of her pots, gestural patterns are frozen in time.

The choices of glaze finish contrast the soft forms; colours and textures resemble polished rocks, simultaneously warm and cool.  While the bodies of the pieces have fluidity and movement, the glaze finish solidifies that movement, capturing the gestures and turning them to stone with an elegant feel.