Shelf Life I (P439.6)

Catalogue Record

Collection

Maker

Ken Eastman

Title

Shelf Life I

Made in

Kimbolton

Date

1995

Description

Stoneware pot painted with slips and oxides to produce a green and blue finish.

Materials and techniques

Grogged white stoneware, slab built, painted with numerous layers of coloured slips and oxides. Fired to 1180 deg. C.

Dimensions

height:  20cm
width:  20cm
depth:  20cm

Object number

P439.6

Category

References

Jane McCabe - -Ceramic Review -Exhibition leaflet for solo show at Contemporary Applied Arts. (-May/June 1995 -1995)
  • Shelf Life I, Ken Eastmen, 1995, Crafts Council Collection: P439.1-6. Photo: Colin Cuthbert.

Maker's statement

By making a piece created with several individual objects, I found I was able to play and experiment with each form. It was also exciting to explore the way in which fairly small pieces could be used together to make a large piece of work.