About the Work

POTS:
The clay is a low fire terra cotta body first bisque fired to cone 04 (about 1940 degree F) and then glaze fired to cone 05 (1890 F). After the bisque fire, majolica glaze, a white opaque tin-based glaze, is applied to the pots and then the color is painted on top of that.
The forms include bowls and platters of various sizes, mugs, tumblers, pitchers, tea pots, vases, salt and pepper sets, creamer and sugar sets, and many more.
The mixing of bright colored glazes and coupling of simple geometric shapes create very playful works of art that invite the owner to use them on a daily basis.

This pottery is all lead-free and food safe. The pottery is dishwasher safe, although over time colors may fade a bit. You can microwave these pots in moderation. These are not oven safe. However, if you want to just warm plates in the oven make sure to heat the pottery and the over together. Putting a cold plate into a hot oven may result in a cracked plate.

WALLWORK:
Using a raku clay body, these slab forms are constructed in a loose, organic manner. This raku clay body is bique-fired to 06 (1815 F) and then glazed and fired again in a raku kiln lined with fiberglass. The pieces are taken out with tongs when they are red-hot and placed into a garbage can filled with saw-dust and newspaper which immediately catches fire. The lid is then tightly closed to give a good reduction atmosphere where the carbon from the paper gets trapped into the clay body as well as cracks in the glaze creating black lines.
Luisa's wall art pieces are simple in form but very complex in color and meant to invoke sentiments of nature. She is drawn to the unpredictability and unusual results associated with the raku-firing process which guarantees a unique piece of work.