ARTEFACT GALLERY #2.5
Technical Specifications
Name
Erosion Cup
Tipology
Ceramic Vessel
Authorship
Patricia Shone
Date or period:
2023
Materials:
Stoneware
Techniques:
Ceramic vessel hand formed by texturing and stretching a solid lump of stoneware clay allowing the natural textures of the material to develop. The deep charcoal colour is achieved by using saggar firing to create reduction (no oxygen).
Country/ region:
Isle of Skye, Highlands, Scotland
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This artefact is unique in that it employs original hand forming techniques of stretching and texturing clay which have been developed by the maker over many years. Rather than the compressive processes associated with throwing or rolling slabs, Patricia’s methods extenuate the surface and allow natural textures to develop. She seeks a balance between maker and material, with neither dominating. Working in this way allows her to connect with and express the landscape of Skye where she lives and works.
Her ceramic vessels are an expression of herself as an individual but also the human history of working with materials and how they connect one person to another, across land and civilisations. The formation of clay is from millennia of climatic erosion and the process of firing replicates the monumental forces of creation.
DETAILS
Stoneware surface detail, highlighting the natural textures the artisan achieves. Image by Shannon Tofts.
Inspiration
Landscape of Skye. Image by Patricia Shone.
Saggar firing method. Image by Lydia Smith.
Location
The selection of this artefact is the responsibility of designer Maria Bruno Néo and is part of her doctoral work ‘A HISTÓRIA INCOMPLETA DO DESIGN PORTUGUÊS: CONTRIBUTOS PARA A INSCRIÇÃO DA DESIGNER HELENA CARDOSO/THE INCOMPLETE HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE DESIGN: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INSCRIPTION OF DESIGNER HELENA CARDOSO’ supervised by Professors Susana Barreto and Luís Mendonça, both from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Porto/Portugal.
