The Cosmos

Inspiration
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Up to now I have been making ceramic sculpture that was precise in the way it is constructed.

I wanted to try a new approach to the making process, it was process I experimented with briefly at the Bone China Symposium 2020 at the Department of Ceramics and Porcelain at the Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius Academy of Art in Lithuania. The process involved staking spheres thrown on the potters wheel in a spontaneous way.

There is a nice feeling to letting go and letting the process takeover, although having said that I tried to also be conscious of my actions. Using this process let folds and tears appear revealing the nature of the porcelain.

Within this form I wanted to convey a sense of gravity and distortion, to let the characteristics of the clay take over.

I titled this porcelain sculpture "The Cosmos" as it got me thinking about the complexity of the universe and time and how these elements are in constant change.

Information about this artwork

Medium: Porcelain, vitreous slips, clear glaze, Japanese Purple Glaze, multiple fired to a final temperature of 1220c.

Created: 13/3/2020
Sculpture Dimensions including stand: H18 W25 D25

Ready to be displayed indoors only.

Original handmade free standing sculpture on a wooden stand.

Signed on the back of the sculpture, includes a Certificate of Authenticity.

Ships in a securely packed cardboard box "box within a box" protected by bubble wrap and loose fill.