From our personal archives, this reduction lustre tile by Marjory Clinton pairs a deep midnight ground with drifting, metallic-white lustre blooms, created through an oxygen-reduced second firing that locks the shimmer into the glaze itself.

This piece feels elemental, like weather moving across a night sky. A dark, inky field is broken by soft-edged lustre patches and a stronger vertical flare to one side, giving the tile both motion and structure.

The beauty of reduction lustre is its changeability. As the light shifts, the surface alternates between matte depth and metallic lift, revealing layers that are impossible to fully capture in a photo.

Ideal as a framed object, a feature niche moment, or a single accent tile where the hand of the maker and the mystery of the kiln are meant to be seen.