The Sisters -SOLD
15cm high x 8cm wide.
High fired and functional, holds water.
Wash by hand.
This handmade porcelain vessel has a story to tell. It is illustrated with a sketchbook observations of images of sisters that I repeatedly draw when I visit museums and take in inspiration from artists like Matisse and Gauguin. Recalling the time of year when we get a chance to relax. It also has the text The Sisters on the top and ‘Wij Zijn Zusjes’ which is ‘We are sisters’ in Dutch, reminding me of my sister’s trips to Holland when I lived and studied there.
They are hand drawn and etched into the clay. The coloured lines are first etched into the clay and then filled with the inlay underglaze colour, also sgraffito, or scratched lines to reveal the background colour is used and thin colour washes painted as decoration.
This Porcelain People series is hand built from slabs rather than the potter’s wheel. It has a clear transparent glaze on the interior and on the exterior too. It carriers the maker’s mark, as the signature.