Family and Fears - SOLD
15cm x 8cm wide.
High fired and functional. Wash by hand.
Family of four on the front and the fear monsters on the back. This handmade porcelain vessel or small vase has a story to tell. It is hand drawn and etched into the clay, illustrated with a sketchbook observations. The anxieties we all feel at certain moments.
Gail combines coloured line etching and inlay, called Mishima, by the Japanese, also sgraffito, or scratched lines to reveal the background colour and thin colour wash painting in the decoration. This Porcelain People series is hand built from slabs rather than the potter’s wheel.
It has a clear transparent glaze on both the interior and the exterior
It carriers the maker’s mark, as the signature. these vessels look great in groups, too.