Robert Goldsmith

Each piece of pottery is hand thrown and turned on a wheel. No industrial techniques or moulds are used in the making process. The pottery does not try to mimic the pasts but does draw on skills rarely practiced today.

Combined with high temperature stoneware glazes, fine brushwork, wax resist   and glaze trailing, the finished pots with rich copper red and cobalt blue glazes are both functional and decorative whilst still having a contemporary look. The gold luster range (also hand decorated on to the stoneware pot and then fired again) adds a luxurious opulence not normally found on studio pottery.

The glazes and pigments are made up from raw materials in the pottery and are fired in a gas kiln to over 1300 Celsius. This fuses both clay and glaze together in an impenetrable bond, giving the pottery both its brightness and its depth of colour. Due to the nature of the firing process subtle colour changes occur in the glazes. Theis is especially true of the copper red glaze which can fire to a bright red, tomato red   or ping giving pots in the same range the feeling of a family rather than being cloned!

Although decorative, the pots havew been designed to be used and are oven and dishwasher safe. Pots with gold luster should not be used in a microwave. There is no lead or cadmium in the glaze and all are safe for everyday use.

Contact details:

Address: Selborne Pottery, Selbourne, Hampshire, GU34 3JQ

Telephone: 01725 517700

Email: sales@selbornepottery.co.uk

Website: www.selbornepottery.co.uk