Objects made slowly, by hand, in Iceland
Each one carries the marks of making — thrown on the wheel, trimmed when leather hard, and fired until the surface becomes its own record.
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Most attempts fail
The glaze is taken to the edge of melting and held for hours, until crystals seed and grow across the surface. The ones that succeed can never be repeated.
How a piece is made
Nothing here is finished
The glaze softens where a thumb rests and the foot wears to the shelf it stands on. A piece leaves the studio complete, and then keeps changing for as long as somebody uses it.
Living with the work
Three generations in clay
Taught at the family table before he could read — the work is small in scale and steady in pace, made in short series and signed on the foot. Nothing is repeated exactly.
M. Preiss
Every piece is thrown, glazed and fired by Matiass Preiss in the studio in Iceland.
One of oneSigned and recordedNothing is removedPacked and insured