Bowl (P281)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Joanna Constantinidis
Title
Bowl
Made in
Chelmsford
Date
1980
Description
Tall porcelain bowl stained and sprayed with oxides to create sheen and sprayed colour effects.
Materials and techniques
Reduced porcelain with a seam of porcelain clay stained with iron and manganese, and sprayed with thin copper oxide; bronze to brown lustre. Thrown; the seam added before throwing. Fired within a saggar containing combustible material to 1300 deg. C, which gives a lustrous effect on cooling.
Dimensions
height: 20cm
width: 11cm
length: 13cm
Object number
P281
Category
Maker's statement
This pot represents a continual interest in the use of a stained seam of clay as decoration and the chance effects of firing within a saggar.