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Heart
Potter: Malone, Kate
White earthenware (T Material), moulded, and hand-coiled, decorated with coloured glazes, and fired several times to create crazed or cellular effects: the exterior, dark blue and pale green; the interior, orange and yellow; and the rim, pale blue and orange. In the shape of a rounded heart sliced in half, with round the top edge, a roll of clay which extends at the pointed end into a tightly coiled scroll. There are three stilt marks on the base.
History note: Purchased by the donors from Contemporary Applied Arts, 2 Percy Street, London, W1P 9FA
Given by Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the National Art Collections Fund.
Height: 17.5 cm
Length: 39.1 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2002) by Goodison, Nicholas and Judith
21st Century, Early
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 2001
Heart is an example of the 'Tutti Frutti' earthenwares which are one of Kate Malone's specialities, and are made using 'multiple fired earthenware glazes' finished with a 'special effect coloured glaze'. Each piece may go through ten or twelve firings to produce the desired effect.
Text from object entry in A. Game (2016) ‘Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum’. London: Philip Wilson Publishers: Kate Malone works in three areas of ceramics: firstly ‘one-off’ studio pieces, secondly with architects, designers and public art agencies, and thirdly making short-run production pieces to provide a more affordable range of work. Her work is based on the natural forms of the sea and land as she is absorbed with the wonders of nature as well as with the alchemy of ceramic glaze technology. Kate Malone: ‘This piece … has a slight musical connection in the simple fact that when making the piece it felt it was becoming slightly like a stringed instrument … I then went to the music section of the V&A and had a good look … it was not a special study, but I did think one day it might go further … but as of yet has not. I did learn the fiddle at a very basic level at school and loved that scroll on a violin … which is strong in my memory. I rely on intuition while making my work, using the store in the brain that is unconsciously present … so sense that perhaps that childhood fascination was showing through in this piece.’ A life history interview with Kate Malone is available at http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral history/Crafts.
Decoration
composed of
coloured glazes
Part
Moulding : White earthenware (T Material), moulded, and hand-coiled, decorated with coloured glazes, and fired several times to create crazed or cellular effects: the exterior, dark blue and pale green; the interior, orange and yellow; and the rim, pale blue and orange.
Accession number: C.1-2002
Primary reference Number: 41116
Entry form number: 164
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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