The Bitossi Miniature Horse Head Figure has a quiet presence to it. Part of the Rimini Blu series, it takes a familiar form and softens it through colour and texture, with that deep, layered blue glaze doing most of the talking. It’s not a loud piece, but it has a way of holding attention when you notice it.

Each one is made from white clay and shaped using traditional slip casting before being finished entirely by hand. The surface is then worked while still soft, with engraved stencil patterns pressed into the material in a way that feels quite instinctive rather than overly precise. When the glaze goes on, it pools and settles into those marks, bringing out all the small variations that make each piece slightly different from the next.

In a room, it tends to feel settled rather than styled. It might sit on a stack of books or a narrow ledge and just quietly belong there, picking up light as the day changes. It’s the sort of object that doesn’t need explaining, really, it just works.