Vase, by Nic Collins

An image of Studio Ceramics. Contemporary Craft. Vase. Collins, Nic (British, b. 1959). Wood-fired on its side resulting in dramatic natural ash deposits, and glaze runs. Carbon trapping, and embedded remains of seven large clam shells. The jar is of bulbous ovoid form with a short cylindrical neck widening at the mouth, and has a small pinched and undulating strap handle. Four of the shell remains are on the lower part of the vessel opposite to the spout, and the other three are to the left of the handle when facing it. Stoneware, freely thrown, and coiled, with shino glaze, and remains of seven applied clam shells. 2006.

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Studio Ceramics. Contemporary Craft. Vase. Collins, Nic (British, b. 1959). Wood-fired on its side resulting in dramatic natural ash deposits, and glaze runs. Carbon trapping, and embedded remains of seven large clam shells. The jar is of bulbous ovoid form with a short cylindrical neck widening at the mouth, and has a small pinched and undulating strap handle. Four of the shell remains are on the lower part of the vessel opposite to the spout, and the other three are to the left of the handle when facing it. Stoneware, freely thrown, and coiled, with shino glaze, and remains of seven applied clam shells. 2006.

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Accession Number: C.4-2007
© Nic Collins. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 762 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 627.67kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2007:11:20 23:08:18

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21st Century British clam shell clams coiled coils Contemporary contemporary craft English fired glazed Nic Collins oval ovoid sea shell seashells shells shino glaze stoneware studio ceramics vase wood fired

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