Some pieces resist easy description. This is one of them. Carme Balada's fifth ceramic work occupies a space between vessel and sculpture — a form that functions without announcing its function, that holds without insisting on being used. Hand-thrown on the wheel and fired in small batches, it carries the characteristic marks of her practice: a surface that tells the story of its making, a glaze applied with precision and allowed to behave freely in the kiln, a silhouette that feels familiar and entirely original at the same time. Place it on a shelf. Place something inside it. Either choice is correct. Because every piece is made and glazed by hand, surface colour and texture will vary slightly between firings. What arrives is singular — a record of one specific moment in the kiln. Handcrafted stoneware · Hand-thrown and hand-glazed · Each piece is one of a kind
