Double-Spine Camber Vessel: C.256-2015

Titles

Double-Spine Camber Vessel

Maker(s)

Potter: Flynn, Sara

Entities

• Vessel

Categories

• Porcelain
• Studio Ceramics

Description

White porcelain, thrown and altered, spray glazed and polished.

Tall vessel with reduced-size heart-shaped opening at the top. The upper part folded on either side of the opening to form a short spine and shoulder, the lower part retains its thrown form. Spray glazed inside and out to give a bronze-like surface. The underside is small, round, flat and unglazed.

Notes

History note: Given by Nicholas and Judith Goodison through The Art Fund

Legal notes

Gift of Nicholas and Judith Goodison through The Art Fund

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2015-07-13) by Goodison, Nicholas and Judith

Dating

21st Century, Early
Production date: AD 2014

Note

Sara Flynn (b.1971) was born in Cork, where she attended Crawford College of Art. She now lives in Belfast. Her vessels are thrown and altered – by pushing, pinching or cutting - at various stages of the drying process, then finished with spray glazes and polishing. She works exclusively in porcelain and favours a rich bronze-brown glaze (sometimes referred to as ‘black’) and also produces white or, more recently, yellow pots. Flynn concentrates on one-off vessels which are sculptural and decorative rather than functional and produced as a result of experimentation with process and finish, form and volume. Many of her experimental pieces never reach the final fired-finish stage.

School or Style

Studio Ceramics