Woodfired 100 Hours - Vase
Venessa Skye - Middle Pocket Pottery
Functional ware lies at the heart of Venessa’s making. Raised in a Maltese family where life revolved around celebrations with food, friends, and family, she continues this tradition through her ceramics, creating everyday pieces, vases, platters, cups, and teapots, that are meant to be used, loved, and lived with.
Venessa wants people feel a connection to the pieces they use daily, Each vessel is crafted with care, spirit, and intention, inviting a relationship between object and user.
Her larger works are typically vases, often adorned with richly layered surfaces that incorporate glazes, oxides, Some raw with slips. These are brought to life through atmosphere and wood firing, resulting in dynamic, unpredictable finishes.
Venessa sees each finished piece as an alchemical process that merges the maker’s hand with the transformative power of fire.
