This hand-thrown table features curvilinear ceramic legs, hand-carved to create ridges and geometric patterns. The tabletop pieces are cut from large slabs of clay and hand-etched with geometric motifs. Once extracted, the tiles are left to dry for a number of weeks, fired and then pieced back together like a puzzle before being attached to the tabletop in their original configuration.
Chuma Maweni creates ceramic furniture with the wheel throwing technique. "I prefer this technique, as it allows me to form large-scale works by putti ...