Lewis Krzyczkowski is a North Shore potter who has spent many years creating wonderful Crystalline pottery.

• Each piece is an individual work of art. While shapes and sizes may be similar, each piece has a distinct individual character that can only be the result of being hand made. After being thrown and finished, the pottery is then dried and bisque fired.
• Each piece is then glued to a basin which collects the running crystalline glaze. This basin is then carefully separated from the pot with a chisel and the excess glaze is ground from the foot of the pot.
• During the firing procedure, the cooling cycle is slowed to allow the crystals to form. The glaze contains particles from which crystals may grow, similar to the manner that a dust particle acts as a seed for a snowflake. Depending on variations in time and temperature the crystals will form different shapes and sizes.
• Colour comes from various mixtures of metallic earth oxides and layering of glazes which can create subtle results.
• Crystalline glazes are not suitable for use with food.