Decorative Wall Plates

Made by a small community of independent makers in Valencia, each wall plate is thrown by hand from local pink clay. The tin glaze is applied first. Then gold and copper oxides are painted by hand across the surface. The second firing happens in a reduction kiln, rosemary burning alongside the clay, the oxygen drawn out until the metal transforms rather than coats.

This is lustreware. A technique carried from Persia through North Africa to Al-Andalus over a thousand years ago, practised today by only a handful of makers who still know how to do it. The knowledge was never written down. It passed from hand to hand, generation to generation, because some things only exist in the doing.

Hung on a wall, each plate shifts with the light. Warm in the morning, different by evening. The metallic surface catches and reflects its surroundings, becoming part of the space rather than simply filling it. No two are identical. Neither are the homes they're made for.

This is lustreware. A technique carried from Persia through North Africa to Al-Andalus over a thousand years ago, practised today by only a handful of makers who still know how to do it. The knowledge was never written down. It passed from hand to hand, generation to generation, because some things only exist in the doing.

The result shifts with the light. Warm in the morning, different by evening. You feel it in the weight, the way the surface catches and holds your attention. These are objects that change a room simply by being in it.No two are identical. Neither are the people they're made for.