Large Vessel, by David Roberts

An image of Studio Ceramics. Large Vessel. Roberts, David (British, b. 1947). Coil built and raku fired ceramic vessel (porcelain/T-material), near spherical shape but with a high shoulder, a not-quite-circular opening at the top, Biscuit fired to 1050oc, raku fired to c.875-900oc and surface ground after each firing to leave a smooth creamy-white surface with the slight irregularities and tiny pockmarks of natural stone. Designs created by applying layers of slip removed after raku firing to reveal three sets of concentric soft, light ellipses which seem to be almost shadows and in, rather than on, the surface – suggesting the patterns found in eroded pebbles and stones on a beach. The markings shade to deep charcoal on the underside, which is rounded. Coiled clay, raku-fired, crazed white with pale smoke-grey elliptical decoration. Height 31 cm, diameter 41 cm, c.1997. Given by Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the Art Fund.

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Studio Ceramics. Large Vessel. Roberts, David (British, b. 1947). Coil built and raku fired ceramic vessel (porcelain/T-material), near spherical shape but with a high shoulder, a not-quite-circular opening at the top, Biscuit fired to 1050oc, raku fired to c.875-900oc and surface ground after each firing to leave a smooth creamy-white surface with the slight irregularities and tiny pockmarks of natural stone. Designs created by applying layers of slip removed after raku firing to reveal three sets of concentric soft, light ellipses which seem to be almost shadows and in, rather than on, the surface – suggesting the patterns found in eroded pebbles and stones on a beach. The markings shade to deep charcoal on the underside, which is rounded. Coiled clay, raku-fired, crazed white with pale smoke-grey elliptical decoration. Height 31 cm, diameter 41 cm, c.1997. Given by Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the Art Fund.

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Accession Number: C.13-2018
© David Roberts. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 70.86kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1

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