Perfect harmony
Exquisite tea bowls in raku technique, modeled by hand and masterfully elaborated in elaborate, repeated glazing, firing and reduction, are the focus of Nani Champy-Schott's creative process. The apparent simplicity of the textures or the colors unites in perfect harmony with the form of each of her exhibits. They are a unique invitation to feel the surface with hands and eyes and thus to follow the artist's gaze.
Nani Champy Schott
18 Rue François Coppée
78370 Plaisir
France
+33 1 30 54 10 44
www.nanichampyschott.com
nani.champyschott[at]orange.fr
Nani Champy Schott’s areas of focus are clearly explained:
Seladon refers to grey-green to blue-green thickly applied feldspar glazes whose special colouring comes from iron oxide.
Glaze is a glass-like layer which, from a purely functional point of view, is mainly used to provide the porous shards underneath (term for a fired ceramic mass) with a waterproof, dense coating.
Engobe refers to a mixture of finely slurried clay liquefied with water, which is applied to raw or also bisqued ceramic workpieces for decoration.
Raku is an old firing technique from Asia, in which the low fired (approx. 1000 °), bisqued and glazed ceramics are taken out of the kiln red-hot and cooled shock-like in natural materials like leaves or sawdust and then quenched in water.
Designation for a ceramic material made of feldspar, kaolin and quartz, with dense, light-coloured to white shards (term for a fired ceramic mass)
In the context of the „Internationalen Keramiktage Oldenburg“ , the term "unique vessel" is associated with special, artistic vessels.