Geometria, 2026: On Numbering

Geometria, 2026: On Numbering

Each Geometria platter carries a pair of numbers. 12/43 over 59. 30 over 40. 33/40 over 25.

The numbers are glaze recipes. One glaze lay over another. A record of what the kiln agreed to.

A platter begins as a slab-built white stoneware piece. A disc, an arc, a half-moon is set into the field. The field takes one glaze. The form takes another. They meet in fire.

We cannot predict the result. We can only record it. So we write the recipe on the back, sign it, and date it.

This is why we number and do not name. A name would prejudice the eye. A number lets the color work.

Our references.

Bauhaus. Form is material made honest.

Donald Judd. A shape repeated is not a shape repeated. It is a series of encounters with the same question.

The Oribe platter. Bold glaze on pale clay, asymmetric by intent. A plate is a composition.

The haiku. Seventeen syllables. Stop.

These are old instructions. We follow them.

Why do we experiment with color?

Color is the oldest thing we share. Older than language. Older than geometry. A child reaches for a red object before they can name it.

A glaze recipe is a proposition about what happens when oxide meets silica meets fire. Most propositions fail. Those platters stay in the studio.

The ones that pass carry their numbers forward.

All modern. All maximalist.

The forms are minimal. The palette is not.

Oxblood. Cream. Bronze. Olive. Teal. Blue-black. Rust. Gold.

A circle in oxblood is not the same object as a circle in teal. The form holds still. The color thinks.

We want every platter to argue for color. We want as many arguments as the kiln will give us.

Geometria, 2026. Slab-built white stoneware. Hand-glazed, layered. Each piece is one-of-a-kind. Made in Detroit.

When 2026 closes, the 2026 run closes with it.

Geometria Platter 33/40 over 25

Geometria Platter 30 over 40

Geometria Platter 12/43 over 59

Geometria Platter 28 over 12

Geometria Platter 43 over 46

Geometria Platter 40 over 30