Blooming Girls Hellebores Vessel
Theodora’s signature Blooming Girls artwork has expanded into handcrafted ceramic vessels. Each handmade piece contains unique character, shape and imperfections — all imprints of the artistic process and the hand of the maker.
This unique vessel shape is inspired by poppy pea pods with a voluptuous bulb-like midsection and a curvy ruffled top.
Measures approximately 10” high and 7” diameter at widest point.
The Artisanal Creative Process:
This exquisite one-of-a-kind vessel was hand built by Theodora using a coil technique with stoneware clay. Once the vessel has taken shape and dried to a perfect leather hard condition, the real fun begins.
Theodora applied underglaze with intuitive brushstrokes in variety of colors. After several layers of underglaze and drying time, she hand draws the botanical composition with a clay carving tool. She then uses the sgrafitto technique in an unhurried and careful scratching of the top layer of painted clay to reveal texture below. Sgraffito comes from the Italian word meaning “scratching”, and it is believed that this method originated in the 10th century from ancient Egypt and Roman periods with a substantial appearance of original designs during the 13th century in the Iberian Peninsula under Islamic influences.
Once the full composition is completed with sgraffito, the vessel enters the kiln for the first bisque firing. Afterwards, the vessel is hand washed, the foot waxed and three layers of clear glaze handpainted to the exterior. The inside of the vessel is also glazed, then back into the kiln for its final firing when the true colors of the underglazes and the creamy color of the clay body are revealed.
Food safe and lead free. Hand wash recommended.
All sales final.
Theodora’s signature Blooming Girls artwork has expanded into handcrafted ceramic vessels. Each handmade piece contains unique character, shape and imperfections — all imprints of the artistic process and the hand of the maker.
This unique vessel shape is inspired by poppy pea pods with a voluptuous bulb-like midsection and a curvy ruffled top.
Measures approximately 10” high and 7” diameter at widest point.
The Artisanal Creative Process:
This exquisite one-of-a-kind vessel was hand built by Theodora using a coil technique with stoneware clay. Once the vessel has taken shape and dried to a perfect leather hard condition, the real fun begins.
Theodora applied underglaze with intuitive brushstrokes in variety of colors. After several layers of underglaze and drying time, she hand draws the botanical composition with a clay carving tool. She then uses the sgrafitto technique in an unhurried and careful scratching of the top layer of painted clay to reveal texture below. Sgraffito comes from the Italian word meaning “scratching”, and it is believed that this method originated in the 10th century from ancient Egypt and Roman periods with a substantial appearance of original designs during the 13th century in the Iberian Peninsula under Islamic influences.
Once the full composition is completed with sgraffito, the vessel enters the kiln for the first bisque firing. Afterwards, the vessel is hand washed, the foot waxed and three layers of clear glaze handpainted to the exterior. The inside of the vessel is also glazed, then back into the kiln for its final firing when the true colors of the underglazes and the creamy color of the clay body are revealed.
Food safe and lead free. Hand wash recommended.
All sales final.
Theodora’s signature Blooming Girls artwork has expanded into handcrafted ceramic vessels. Each handmade piece contains unique character, shape and imperfections — all imprints of the artistic process and the hand of the maker.
This unique vessel shape is inspired by poppy pea pods with a voluptuous bulb-like midsection and a curvy ruffled top.
Measures approximately 10” high and 7” diameter at widest point.
The Artisanal Creative Process:
This exquisite one-of-a-kind vessel was hand built by Theodora using a coil technique with stoneware clay. Once the vessel has taken shape and dried to a perfect leather hard condition, the real fun begins.
Theodora applied underglaze with intuitive brushstrokes in variety of colors. After several layers of underglaze and drying time, she hand draws the botanical composition with a clay carving tool. She then uses the sgrafitto technique in an unhurried and careful scratching of the top layer of painted clay to reveal texture below. Sgraffito comes from the Italian word meaning “scratching”, and it is believed that this method originated in the 10th century from ancient Egypt and Roman periods with a substantial appearance of original designs during the 13th century in the Iberian Peninsula under Islamic influences.
Once the full composition is completed with sgraffito, the vessel enters the kiln for the first bisque firing. Afterwards, the vessel is hand washed, the foot waxed and three layers of clear glaze handpainted to the exterior. The inside of the vessel is also glazed, then back into the kiln for its final firing when the true colors of the underglazes and the creamy color of the clay body are revealed.
Food safe and lead free. Hand wash recommended.
All sales final.
