Erosion
Ceramicist: Shone, Patricia
Earthenware, hand formed, partly glazed and raku fired.
Large ovoid pot with wide mouth, hand-formed from earthenware, glazed on the inside and raku-fired. The exterior surface has been carved and has many small stretch cracks, the surface a matt smoky gray. The interior is smooth, with dark charcoal leopard spots on an off-white ground. The interior climbs outwards to meet the exterior around a visible rim. The underside is similar to the outer surface and rounded; the point of contact slight and unstable.
History note: Purchased by the donor from Ceramic Art London, 2018. Given by Sue Lines, 2020
Given by Sue Lines, 2020
Diameter: 22 cm
Height: 22 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2020-01-27) by Lines, Sue
21st Century
2017
CE
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2018
CE
Patricia Shone (b.1962, Scotland) grew up in South Devon where she had an opportunity to work with clay at school. She studied ceramics at the Central School of Art and Design in London, before working as a chef in London and Italy. She returned to potting in the 1990s, setting up her studio on the Isle of Skye, where her work echoes the mountainous landscape and the formation and erosion in the geology of the land.
Starting with a solid lump of clay, she forms her pots by hand building and throwing, texturing, stretching and carving, the final shape dictated in part by the clay itself. This piece is glazed on the inside and raku fired, a fast and immediate out-door process in which smoke and the weather play their part. There is a tension between the rough texture of the exterior and the smoother surface of the inside. The absence of a foot-rim means the finished pot moves gently if disturbed, tempting the viewer to steady it and feel its texture. In 2019, Shone was awarded the Emmanuel Cooper Prize for her work.
Decoration composed of glaze ( raku)
Hand building : Earthenware, hand-built, part-glazed, raku fired.
Accession number: C.3-2020
Primary reference Number: 240189
Entry form number: 510
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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