Ceramic boxes with lid handmade

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Slab Box with Lid | ESPERANZA CERAMICS

This is a hand shaped ceramic box. I shaped it in my hand without mold. That is why it is different and unique. I used white clay for this one which is one of my favorite clays. It looks very beautiful with like these blazing colors. Each item is made one by one at hand with much love and care. The making of ceramic has many stages. First clay gets its form, the object is let to dry a few days, then burrs are retouched and it goes into the kiln. It is fired at 1000 degree Celcius (1900…

This small handmade lidded jar was made with a white stoneware clay. It’s great for earrings, necklaces, knitting notions, small knick-knacks, etc. This piece was thrown on the potter's wheel, carefully trimmed, and brush glazed by hand in multiple layers before being fired for approximately 12 hours. The bowl of the jar is off-white in color with gray and brown speckles. The lid is a combination of this same glaze along with a glossy forest green and bluish-purple stripe down the middle…