Teapot - Chemins d'argile -Argiles- Emmanuel Alexia - Laetitia Pineda

Laetitia
Pineda Creations

Teapot - 2014

Private collection, France

Terra sigillata
Kintsugi summer 2016, Catherine Nicolas

The evolution of raku teabowls has its origins in zen buddhism. For the potter it all begins with the harvesting of the raw materials: clays, minerals and metal oxides. Then he prepares his engobes, terra sigillata, ashes and glazes. Chawans, teapots, chaïres are shaped by hand by molding or turning. The firing is done in a wood-burning cross draft kiln, in a coal-fired kiln or in an anagama kiln. Chemins d’argile offers workshops in pottery and techniques for the construction of wood-fired kilns built using raw clay. From China, by way of Korea and Japan, the art of tea has circumnavigated the globe to arrive inFrance, allowing us to share a bowl of matcha among the oak and chestnut forests of the Dordogne.

Graphic design by Christelle Bouvet; Site development by Catalyz; Photography by Jeremie Logeay, Emmanuel and Laetitia