Inspiration for a Canister
The inspiration for these stoneware canisters began on a trip to Cornwall, where I discovered a beach scattered with strikingly smooth, rounded stones. A friend in Canada, who holds a PhD in geology, identified the granites as being of Permian age—around 380 million years old. In contrast, my stoneware canisters were made only a few years ago, their softly bulbous forms echoing the rounded shapes of the ancient stones in the photograph that inspired me to create them.
I make each of these canisters by hand here in the Somerset countryside and hand glaze them one at a time, the canister is designed to hold, biscuits or cookies.
I also have a smaller version of the same design with can bu used as a sugar bowl.
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