This vessel represents the dry lava of the volcano of Santorini island. 1270°C is the temperature of the liquid lava reaching the surface of the Earth. Sotis Filippides managed to melt a group of intense oxides emulating volcanic stones from the volcano of the island of Santorini at this temperature.
Sotis Filippides studied ceramics at Athens College of Ceramics and Harrow College London. In 1981, while still a ceramic student, he decided to parti ...