Blue Pottery Pitcher with Wicker Handle, Ceramic Bottle, Wall Hanging Clay Pot, Unique Watering Can, Danko Pottery, Artistic Pottery

Blue ceramic pitcher with wicker handle. Wall decor. Watering can.

This is an original work of art. Since it's handmade, it is one of its kind.
It is wheel thrown. The decorative elements are hand painted.
The pitcher is glazed and double fired.

This item has functional and decorative purposes. It can be used as a bottle, as a kitchen/living room decoration, as a wall decoration, or as a unique watering can. It can hold hot or cold drinks as well as liquor.

Approximate measuring 5in/13cm wide (without the spout and the handle) by 6.1in/16cm high.
Capacity - 800ml/27 oz
Food safe.

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Since the items are wheel thrown and hand painted, each of them is unique.

The Balkan Peninsula is a place of civilizational collision of several cultures. Thracians, Greeks, Slavs, Turks and Proto-Bulgarians influence what we call Bulgarian culture. People in these lands still preserve traditions and customs of ancient times. They sing songs, dance and weave motifs without even knowing where it all comes from. Even subconsciously we carry the old traditions of times past.

This cultural input can be seen in the products of DankoHandmade. The bright colors of the Bulgarian national costumes, the traditional shapes and ornaments, the functionality.
For the past 20 years, our workshop has been trying to continue this tradition by interpreting it in a modern way.

The Process:
(Explore our shop for the other stages of pottery making)

WEDGING
Wedging is the process of mixing the clay by hand by rotating and pressing a clay ball on a table. The purpose is to thoroughly homogenize the clay and to remove all air bubbles. This is particularly important, as the presence of air bubbles in the clay will result in explosions in the kiln as the air pockets expand and burst. The pot is ruined, as is any other pot near it in the kiln. One knows if there is air in their clay if they see holes, like in Swiss cheese, when they slice through the clay with a wire.