Potturnica Pottery

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A small pottery studio in the heart of Chester.

Description

Potturnica Pottery started life as a small backyard shed in 2012/13 on sheer enthusiasm, idealism and naivety. It is based in Chester, the wonderful old roman town in Cheshire, UK. Influences from all over India and the studio pottery era of Bernard Leach combined with the aesthetics of giants like Soetsu Yanagi and Shoji Hamada have been the core inspiration behind setting up the pottery. Simple handmade products that come with no agenda of grandiosity or flamboyance, Potturnica Pottery aims to serve those hungry for simplicity. All the products you see here are utilitarian and are born to be used not displayed. We hope your enjoyment of these products comes from the dynamics of their feel and look in your hands as you see them fit for your purpose, not any one else's. These products are not designed but are born on the wheel. The clay dictates what it wants to be and I carry out those wishes without resistance or judgement. Sometimes I adorn them with simple earthy colours to urge you to hold nature in your hands and see its immense power in the humblest of ways. My Kumbhaar teacher in India used to say, "you will know it when a pot belongs to you, don't try to intellectualise it." Decades later the meaning of his words are beginning to reveal themselves, pot after pot. I thus urge you to let these pots become your friends and only if your bond is strong you should take them home and use them and let them provide you with unmeasurable joy.

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General Info

Welcome Based in the heart of Chester, the gorgeous and inspirational roman town in cheshire UK, Potturnica Pottery was set up to bring back the lost joy of using handmade utensils. Each pot you find here is made with a reverence to nature and inspired by its might and humility. This dichotomy of power and fragility is something I am keen to constantly explore in my work. Unlike many factory produced cups and bowls, pots from Potturnica do not have a sparkly and shiny exterior. These are silent, strong and forgiving pots. Themselves perhaps constantly evolving in their role and use for its owner; I don't give these pots any preconceived notion of its use but merely make suggestions. The owner is urged to explore their pots on their individuality and accept them for what they are. I don't aim to produce but I hope to create in this over produced world. There are pots here you may find ugly and unappealing, please don't take them home. They do not belong to you. But, if you can see Mother Nature in a pot, wholesome, unique, flawed to our ideas of perfection and delicate to your senses then that pot is made for you. Enjoy it thoroughly for there is no other pot like your pot.

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Potturnica Pottery is Chester based place and this enity listed in Gift Shop category.