I flow with swans

I saw two swans the other day.
Their whiteness ruffled pillows of soft feathers.
You said: do you know that with their wings they can break a man's arm?
They glided in the gentle undertow, between swirls and eddies.
They reminded me of those little swan-shaped pedal boats from which we used to dive down the river.
You said: do you know that swans constantly put their heads under water obsessed with having their shoes untied?

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Wild pink granitic clay and weathered basalt from Ardèche

Fired in oxidation at 1220°C

⌀ 31,5 cm

The materials for this large tile were foraged in Ardèche. The refractory body comes from a deposit of weathered pink granite, while the vitrified clay that decorates it is made of a partially weathered red basalt found nearby.

The tile was decorated with the sgraffito technique.