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Flare
Ceramicist: Shaw, Mella
Porcelain, hand-built, body-stained and fired.
A continuous waving wall-form of tiny porcelain bricks. The bricks, of varying length, are stained grey, grey-blue and pale blue and spaced evenly in 28 layers, with spaces between, to create a basket-like wall. Standing on its side with the front edge slightly flaring, the form evokes continuous, flowing motion and precarious balance.
History note: Purchased from the maker
Purchased using the Applied Arts Duplicates Fund
Depth: 19 cm
Height: 47.7 cm
Width: 61 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (2016-11-21) by Shaw, Mella
21st Century, Early
Production date:
AD 2014
Mella Shaw (b. 1978) explores tipping points, thresholds and edges in her tilting constructions and is interested in ‘the playful tension present at moments of transition… [and] the inherent versatility and richness of opportunity provided by ceramics as a material’. Shaw studied anthropology at Durham University before completing an MA in ceramics and glass at the Royal College of Art, in 2013. Alongside her ceramics, Shaw has worked at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Dulwich Picture Gallery and The Fitzwilliam Museum. She writes for craft and ceramics publications and is a visiting lecturer on the BA Ceramic Design course at Central Saint Martins, London.
Decoration composed of stain
Hand-building : Porcelain, hand-built, body-stained and kiln slumped.
Accession number: C.1108-2016
Primary reference Number: 215998
Entry form: 1323
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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