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Violet amphora

This is a hand-built amphora with a long thin body and playful handles on each side. Two glazes were applied to its surface and fired to 1280°C. Where the white lava meets the violet matte glaze it turns blue due to the violet’s cobalt addition.
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Melina Xenaki
Athens, Greece
Melina Xenaki is a ceramics artist based in Athens. She left Greece at 18 to study in the UK and completed her BA in ceramics and glass at UCA, Farnha ...
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