Melissa Choroszewska Ceramics

About

Handmade porcelain home decor, gifts and accessories inspired by the countryside surrounding Cornwall and Devon, with a scandinavian twist.

Melissa Choroszewska makes porcelain home decor, gifts, accessories and jewellery.

Melissas' work is inspired by concepts such as contrasts and textural qualities found in the countryside surrounding Devon and Cornwall, she also loves the concept of preserving natural beauty and bringing the outdoors in! Many of her porcelain decorations and bowls are pressed with real flowers grown and picked from her Cornish Country Garden.

Each ceramic piece is handmade from porcelain clay in Cornwall. Flowers from the garden are pressed into the slabs of porcelain and then manipulated by hand before being placed within tailor made moulds and porcelain slip is poured on top. Once dry the bowls are removed from the moulds, and the surface and edges are manipulated by hand to produce the delicate, beautiful finish.

The items are bisque fired to 1000 degrees and then glazed the items are then fired to 1260 degrees C.

Mother of pearl luster is applied to selected items and fired to 750 degrees C.