Abigail Schama 'After Persenphone'
Dimensions: Ø 35cm x H 39cm (Including handle)
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Hand thrown
Care instructions: Water tight, dust lightly to clean
Description:
Jugs are the lesser used domestic forms and to my mind, offer the most anthropomorphic character. Drawing on classical references, this piece is named ‘After Persephone‘ Queen of the underworld, Goddess of Spring. Steady, capacious and proud. Made from reclaimed stoneware clay, dressed in porcelain and copper.
About the Artist
London based ceramic artist, Abigail Schama, came to pottery from painting. Abigail Schama’s hand thrown, stoneware bowls tell stories through surface. Any bowl is basic and universal in its meaning. The process of building up and then turning the form creates their skin and character. Abigail relies on the processes of slipping and chattering; words which describe human contact.
Abigail plays with a palette of dolomite and transparent glazes. Each piece undergoes a further firing to be lightly gilded with (24 carat) gold lustre, which highlight the shape of each form and create an intriguing contrast with the more humble tones and textures of her work.
