Open Flower Form (P112)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Mary Rogers
Title
Open Flower Form
Made in
Leicestershire
Date
1971
Description
Ball of porcelain with a pinched rim, moulded towards a central point to form a narrow opening, with brown mottled decoration on the inside.
Materials and techniques
Oxidised porcelain with semi-matt glaze and mottled brown decoration inside. Hand-modelled by pinching the form out of one ball of clay. Biscuit fired to 960 deg. C; glaze fired to 1300 deg. C.
Dimensions
height: 8cm
Object number
P112
Category
Maker's statement
I was exploring the fluid qualities and the plasticity of hand modelled porcelain making, and noticing forms in nature which could be translated into terms of clay and glaze. Exploring ways in which a permanent record (fired clay) could be made of fragile and transient natural forms.