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Knot

Ceramic pitcher

Knot's handle isn't attached: it grows out of the wall and ties itself into a single knot. Cast in one piece from a single clay body: no glued handle to fail, made to last generations.

Category: Home
Materials: Stoneware
Processes: Slip casting

Knot ceramic pitcher in matte bone stoneware with a handle tied into a knot, on a dark background

Sketch sheet of the Knot pitcher with height dimension and studies of the knotted handle — Studies of the knot's loops and how the handle flows from the body.

Close-up of the knotted handle on Knot's matte bone-glazed stoneware — Matte bone glaze over slip-cast stoneware; light reveals the knot's soft volumes.

Plaster mould and a grey clay Knot pitcher on a ceramics workshop bench with modelling tools — The four-part plaster mould that allows the knot to be cast in one piece.

Cream Knot pitcher on a wooden dining table in a bright room, beside a cup — On the table, the handle becomes the piece's signature.