Symy Ong Hand-Thrown Cutlery Drainer, Brushwork

A useful, compact sized draining  pot for drying kitchen utensils and cutlery after washing, hand-thrown for us in stoneware by Jynsym Ong, a mile or so from the Objects of Use store. With a lively flecked blue-white glaze and brushwork pattern, which leans towards green in hotter parts of the kiln. Trained at Clay College, Stoke-On-Trent, Ong then undertook an apprenticeship at Mitoh Gama (Kiln) in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture. She often uses a kick wheel to impart a rhythm that is completely dictated by the body to her work. Ong operates out of her studio in Oxford, making stoneware pieces which are fired in a gas kiln. 10cm tall, 8.5cm diameter, approximately. Variation is to be expected given the hand-made nature of this product.