Candlestick V

5.25"x2.25"

This wheel-thrown candlestick features a quiet, tapering form animated by expressive bands of underglaze in blue, black, and soft green beneath a translucent white surface. The color flows around the piece in gentle gradients, creating a sense of movement reminiscent of shifting tides or layered atmospheric light. Each curve and contour of the form catches the washes differently—some areas revealing crisp strokes, others softening into cloudlike diffusion beneath the glaze. The warm clay body peeks through at the foot, grounding the composition in earthiness. Both functional and painterly, the piece stands as a small landscape of color and form, designed to hold a flame while reflecting the fluid, intuitive gestures of the maker’s hand.