The bench

Where it all happens: a north window, one kiln, my grandfather's trowel.

Studio wall

Studio

Year
2025
Materials
Photographs
Place
Portello, Padua

The studio is one room in Portello with a north window and a small kiln. The enamels are ground and numbered by hand, every firing is written down, and the plasterer's trowel on the bench was my grandfather's.

Visits by appointment.

All Work
Studio sieve
Sifting terre verte onto copper
Studio jars
Enamels, numbered, never named
Studio muller
Grinding ochre with a muller
Studio kiln
Out of the kiln
Studio peg
Filing a bezel at the peg
Studio trowel
My grandfather's trowel
Studio tests
Firing tests, logged
Studio needle
Drawing through sinopia
Studio bench
The bench, from above
Studio window
The north window
Studio quench
Quenched