kleur collection
kleur is a study of colour.
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Where wilde klei documents earth and geology, kleur operates in a more urban landscape. It is contemporary, deliberate, and unconcerned.
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Here colour is not discovered — it is introduced.
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No glaze or surface painting is used. The colour exists within the clay body itself. Bleached stoneware is stained using commercially sourced pigments. These pigments are mixed in studio to create both restrained tonal palettes and some harsher, more confrontational colour moments.
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Some pieces are soft and quiet, easy to absorb. Others exist only to make the viewer pause and tilt their head.​
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​It is colour and concept without apology.
ranges
kleur is catalogued systematically, these are the ranges that have emerged from this collection.
heel _______________________
Solid, uninterrupted colour. No pattern. No interruption. The clay body is fully stained, creating a singular tonal presence. Texture is introduced by playing with the grog content of the clay.
glimlag ___________________
Graphic interventions in clay. The traditional smiley face is introduced in contrasting colour and then subtly distorted when burnishing the clay into a spherical form. The result carries a faintly dystopian undertone — familiar, yet altered.
documentation
Each piece is marked according to its classification:
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studio – vreemd / collection – kleur / range – design designation
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As with wilde klei, this system functions as record rather than decoration.
