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Colours of the Land

Ceramics created by Lise Herud Braten. Each piece is handmade; thrown on a wheel, built by hand, or often a combination of the two; no two items are exactly the same. Her work reflects memories of growing up in Norway, surrounded by mountains, forests and rocky beaches; and finding textures in craggy rock faces, lichen, moss and layered tree bark. She uses slips, oxides and glazes to recreate some of this rich palette of sometimes unexpected colour combinations.

She mixes her own clays and adds sand to create texture. Japanese techniques such as stretching and carving are often used to create natural forms reminiscent of elements in the wild. The work sits between fine art and functional; a vessel that looks like a rock can hold water and flowers.

L’Atelier M

All of the creations of Marie Demongeot are handmade, unique and produced in small editions. Embracing the unpredictability that comes from the many shaping steps with clay. Inspired by nature and the seaside where she grew up, crank stoneware has become her favourite clay; mixing different clays and contrasting their rough textures with carefully selected smooth glazes. Since 2016, she has been designing and creating a collection of stoneware dishes made with simple, clean and minimalist lines under the name of L’Atelier M.