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The ceramicist nobody knows yet

In a converted garage outside Gothenburg, Elin Rask makes about forty pieces a month. We would like all of them.

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The ceramicist nobody knows yet

She does not sell online. There is a list, and the list is long, and she works through it in the order it arrived.

The glazes are the reason: a bone white that goes almost grey in low light, and a brown she describes only as "wet stone".

"I am not interested in perfect," she says. "I am interested in things you want to hold."

We put a jug on a table in an ordinary kitchen and everything around it improved.

Photography: Jonas Berg

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