Dazzle Ceramics

Dazzle Ceramics presents exclusively designed creations in the finest porcelain, made through a long and complex process that combines purely manual artistry with sophisticated digital technologies, in order to arrive at an exquisitely “organic” result – forms that are entirely new, yet that still evoke natural geometries and motifs.

The Process

Starting from an initial idea for a form, the pieces are drawn and developed digitally on the computer. Once the design is complete, a three-dimensional plastic form is then generated using 3D printing technology. The model produced in this way is the “positive”, which is then used to create a plaster mould – that is, the “negative” of the desired form. A special liquid porcelain is poured into the mould thus obtained.

Once it has hardened, the piece is removed (an extremely delicate operation!) and left to dry in the air. When drying is complete, it undergoes a first firing at 1060 degrees, after which the object can be refined by sanding or other work, depending on the finish desired, including the application of glaze to selected areas. After this comes the second and final firing, at 1240 degrees. It is essential that both firing stages proceed very slowly, both in heating and in cooling: it is precisely this process that makes porcelain far more resistant than ordinary ceramic – and also finer, owing to a shrinkage of roughly 15–20% relative to the original form.

The decorative motifs are created within the mould during the pouring of the porcelain, and so become an integral part of the porcelain itself, rather than being painted onto the surface. This means that every piece in the collection carries the unique and unrepeatable marks of the artist’s gestures at this stage of production.

This short description gives a necessarily very condensed account of the complexity, care and dedication behind each piece in the Dazzle Ceramics collection – the product of a passion for design, aesthetics and the harmony of forms.

3D Printing Vase Template

Sanding the Plastic Moulds

Cleaning a Bisque Fired Cup

Loading the Kiln For Porcelain Firing

Cleaning and Porcelain Firing