Porcelain Eggs

Denis CARATY  * Born in 1956 - Millan?ay (41) - FRANCE * 1972 - 1977: Studies Industrial Ceramics at the national school of professional teaching "Henri BRISSON" of Vierzon (18). * Practices his trade since 1978 in an important manufacture of the Arts of the Table as the technical person in charge of research and development. * 1999 : His friend Edouard Bastarache, Ceramist in Quebec, helps him meet , an American Ceramist in Mississippi specialized in large crystals. A close cooperation is established, works on crystalline glazes are carried out jointly via Internet. * 2000: Construction of an electric kiln especially equipped to allow "crystallizations on porcelain". It is the beginning of the production of Large Crystals in his St-Martin-sur-Ocre workshop (45). The large variety of crystalline glazes is a field of infinite and passionante research. The coloured and harmonious universe of the large crystals becomes his favorite ceramic hobby. * During 2002, the fruits of this research are abundant and the effects obtained are spectacular. He then decides to show his work to the public.

cone 8, oxidation