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Raku Technique
An old Japanese technique, used to satisfy the needs of the tea ritual.
By improvising, the host and the guests moulded and fired vessels of their own thanksgiving ritual, celebrating their connection and communication.
The decoration is done with white or coloured glazes with metal oxides, while the presence of silver nitrate results in irregular metallic iridescence.
The objects are fired with open firing, in temperatures up to 1000°C.
The clay remains porous and open, ready to receive the magical penetration of the smoke during the reduction process. The result of this process is the black color and “cracking”.
Safiolea Dimitra
With my hands as an extension of my soul, I mold the clay aiming of each ceramic work to awake emotions and to create a personal dialogue with the viewer.
HANDMADE CERAMIC ART
My own journey with clay began at the age of 18, in the art studio of DEPA Kalamata, next to Myrto Maganari. It was there that my deep connection with ceramics was born ⋅ a relationship that has since evolved into a constant search for expression of my inner world.
This journey continued with Spyros Arvanitis, with whom I worked for many years, delving particularly into the Raku firing technique – a process that fascinated me for its spontaneity and uniqueness.
Hanging wall artworks inspired by mythology and poetry
REDEMPTION
The liberation of our soul from the chains of the past is redemption.
FERTILITY
In the same manner as the ancient goddesses of fertility, universal harmony is integrated with female fertility by the figure in this depiction.
HERMES
Gods’ messenger, who also acted as a soul escort (leading the souls of the dead to Ades) was also the protector of thieves, gambling, and trade. With his wings and his hair blowing in the wind, he starts his journey towards fantasy and the unknown. With wings and hair blowing he begins his journey towards the unknown and the dreamy.
FLESH AND SOUL
Man’s perishable body (a ‘tomb of the soul’ according to Plato) encompasses the eternal and perishable part, which, after the natural ending will drift towards the eternal light.
A day in our workshop
Seminars
We host seminars for students and groups who are interested in learning the raku firing technique, demonstrating all the stages of the procedure from shaping the clay, producing the works by hand and in the wheel, glazing them and finally to the raku firing. The attendees interact and participate in the process, and they leave having acquired knowledge on the subject. They may also take with them the piece of work which they created.The days pass productively in our workshop, instilling soul into the clay, playing creatively with fire, and immersing our artwork into metal oxide glazes and silver nitrate.
We form earth into art, we give soul to clay.
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BELL
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