Petra Skarsen

Petra Skarsen

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Studio macro photography of hand-built ceramic surfaces — wheel-thrown ridges, kiln-fired glaze pools, hand-pressed thumb marks

Bergen ceramicist turned photographer. After 20 years at the wheel she traded clay for camera but kept the same subject: the surface that shows the human hand.

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Mid-detail view of curved stoneware shoulder with crawl-glaze beading and a deep
Sgraffito carved spirals through black slip on red earthenware, exposed clay glo
Glossy celadon pool gathering in a hand-pressed cup on porcelain, jade meniscus
Razor-sharp wheel-thrown ridges in dark stoneware, deep shadows pooling between
Slip-trailed cream wave raised across earthenware, ribbon casting a long curving
Razor-sharp focus on slip-trailed cream loops over toasted stoneware, raised lin
Mid-detail view of crackle network spreading from a thumb dent across pale shino
Drip glaze pooling at the foot ring, deep amber bead suspended above bare toaste
Crackled tenmoku branching from a thumb dent, fine craze veining the dark glaze
Salt-fired orange-peel finish on a stoneware curve, pebbled grey-green skin catc
Hand-pressed wave of dents flowing across stoneware, amber glaze caught in every
Drips of tenmoku running over wheel ridges, dark glaze sliding into the troughs
Mid-detail view of curved stoneware shoulder with crawl-glaze beading and a deep
Glossy celadon pool gathering in a hand-pressed cup on porcelain, jade meniscus
Slip-trailed cream wave raised across earthenware, ribbon casting a long curving
Mid-detail view of crackle network spreading from a thumb dent across pale shino
Crackled tenmoku branching from a thumb dent, fine craze veining the dark glaze
Hand-pressed wave of dents flowing across stoneware, amber glaze caught in every
Sgraffito carved spirals through black slip on red earthenware, exposed clay glo
Razor-sharp wheel-thrown ridges in dark stoneware, deep shadows pooling between
Razor-sharp focus on slip-trailed cream loops over toasted stoneware, raised lin
Drip glaze pooling at the foot ring, deep amber bead suspended above bare toaste
Salt-fired orange-peel finish on a stoneware curve, pebbled grey-green skin catc
Drips of tenmoku running over wheel ridges, dark glaze sliding into the troughs

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