Shelter 2015
Handbuilt red earthenware - white and lightblue glazed.
W 30 x H 25 cm. Photo: Peter Carlsson
Cylinders - Shelter
The shape of the cylinder is a form that has always existed, has always been there. You recognize it everywhere in a way that it is natural. I really like the Cylinder as a form for it´s simplicity and common basic shape.
To get the brittle, thin, organic surface I build up the cylinders in sections, about 5-7 cm each time. Then I throw and hand model each section with one hand on the spinning wheel /kavalett. I make one or maybe two sections a day. The bottom is placed in a plaster mould thus giving the cylinder a convex bottom,
then the cylinder finds it giving the form a slight lift from below, therefore sometimes they are partially tilted. They are all manufactured and hand built in earthenware with ”paperclay “ and fired to 1200 C. degrees.
I have made a short movie to show how I do this. Please have a look here>