Yo Thom 'Spice Pot - Pattern B'

Dimensions: W 7cm x H 9cm

Materials: Stoneware

Method: these pieces are hand built, then Indigo slip is applied onto leather hard clay and the work is decorated using sgraffito technique, before being bisque fired and glazed with a matt white glaze.

Description:

This small stoneware spice pot is an intimate object, with a soft blue grey glaze, its rounded form rests comfortably in the palm. The fitted lid lifts cleanly, offering a moment of pause before seasoning. An intricate pattern hand painted by the artist, each piece is entirely unique in its finish. Ideal for salt, spices, or condiments, this pot brings intention to the everyday, transforming a simple pinch into a tactile, grounding ritual.

About the Artist: 

Yo Thom was born in Tokyo, Japan. Arriving in UK in 1996 to study 3D design. After the first introductory year, she chose Ceramics and completed her MA in Ceramics in 2000.

She then set up her own studio in Deptford, London in 2004 and producing stoneware and porcelain tableware pieces, as well as experimenting with some food firing. In 2009 she relocated to Shaftesbury, Dorset where she now lives and works, inspired by the beautiful patchwork countryside that surrounds her home.

Yo’s work is thrown and hand-built functional stoneware with influence from Both British and Japanese traditional pottery and food cultures.  Her work is shown widely in UK, France and Japan.