Hand-Crafted Small Ceramic 'Gathering' Bowl - Elsness

Ceramic artist Frances Priest has always been fascinated with pattern and decoration. The parquet pattern on these little bowls is scored into the clay using a scalpel before the glaze is painted on. She borrows her palette from the weather-filled beaches on the island of Sanday, one of the Orkneys, after which each colourway is named. The deep oceanic blues of 'Elsness' are set against a beach-white glaze. Themselves collectable, Priest sees these bowls as containers for precious things.