Cup form
StudyMoss glaze, breaking dark at the rim.
Matiass Preiss
Handmade ceramics from Iceland.
Objects made slowly, by hand, in Iceland.
Each one carries the marks of making.
Selected work
First pieces will be released soon.
Tea bowl form
StudyA small object for daily use, made slowly.
Tumbler form
StudyCobalt surface over pale stoneware.
Mug form
StudyPulled handle, simple weight, clear use.
Lidded jar
StudyMatte surface over iron-rich clay.
Small vessel
StudyA quiet profile with glaze held close.
Process
The making
Thrown on the wheel.
Trimmed when leather hard.
Glaze allowed to settle, break, and pool.
Fired until the surface becomes its own record.
Provenance
Matiass Preiss makes ceramic objects in Iceland — a third generation in clay, taught at the family table before he could read.
The work is small in scale and steady in pace — cups, tea bowls, vessels for daily use, made in short series and signed on the foot. Nothing is repeated exactly; small variations from the hand stay in the finished piece.
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Releases
Pieces are released in small groups.
Each form is made by hand, photographed individually, and marked sold when it is gone. Handmade work is slow — when a group sells out, the next is already on the wheel.
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