Katharina Treml is a potter based along the beautiful Copper Coast in Co.Waterford. She makes wheel thrown tableware and one-off pieces in stoneware and porcelain. "I am interested in pots that are a quiet, but enriching part of our everyday lives. They can hold memories of a really good meal, a certain moment, story or person. Inspiration is often drawn from the Irish coastline, its colours and weathered textures loosely translated into tactile surfaces and gradients of colour. I like the tension between looseness and definition, the interplay of considered craftsmanship and unpredictability of movement in the heat of the kiln. Traditional wood ash glazes with local clay and rock additions decorate many surfaces of my pots, paired with simple shapes they sit comfortably in any modern home. Most recently, I started exploring silky microcrystalline glazes that, layered in different ways, create movement and depth of surface."

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