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The Babylonian Relic forms part of the' Fragility' range of the 'Transience' collection which reveals my interest in ancient objects from archaeological findings whether unearthed from deserts or dredged from the depths of the oceans. Some are based on articles I have observed and studied from many museums around the world. The objects are both contemporary and ancient. They combine different cultures seemingly holding within them precious oils and ancient wines. The rounder forms are witness of the pleasure and serenity felt during their creation. The partial and crackled forms demonstrate an ephemeral beauty,fragility and evanescent nature of life. They depict items that may have had a past life in Temples and Palaces of the ancient world and now uncovered by archaeology as remains immortalising beauty in its new setting. Babylonian Relic I This opulent piece was created using porcelain and stoneware clay pieces finely rolled together. This thin sheet of clay was then delicately torn and assembled together with pieces of porcelain I had decorated with a delicate pattern and torn into bits and placed together to form this dainty dish. I wish to create the illusion of a vessel that has been destroyed or decayed and the few unearthed pieces subsequently reconstituted into this precious archaeological find. The gold and porcelain is an echo of its palatial origins. A dish used by the high priests of the temples of Babylonia to make offerings to their gods. After the initial firing at 1000c, the piece was washed with a mix of metal oxides to give a weathered antique look. It also has the appearance of well worn leather. The edges have been touched with a light touch of fools gold, giving a silver shimmer to the edge. It was then fired to 1260c before decorating the edges with touches of 23.5k gold leaf, showing the wear it had undergone having been buried for centuries under the earth, and now appearing to us as a relic. .
Original Created:2017
Subjects:Nature
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:12 W x 9 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:17.25 W x 14.25 H x 1.2 D in
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I was born in Paddington, London, but spent my formative years in Sri lanka and returned to the UK with my family when I was 7. The unspoilt nature that was the Garden of Eden which I remember as my playground at our home in Sri Lanka has left a lasting influence on me. I grew up in the 70's and 80's in Essex with my family and graduated from the University of Dundee. After initially following a career as an accountant, in 2003 I embarked on my long term passion for art and creativity that I had since childhood. Although I am largely self taught, I studied further into ceramics at the University of Hertfordshire in 2008 and City Lit London in 2014 and picked up skills from studio potters here in the UK, as well as in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Japan. My mum was a dressmaker and designer and I have fond memories of my preschool years spent at her dressmaking school playing with her students and the colourful fabrics, which was my initial introduction to creativity. I also remember being encouraged to make the toys we played with from coconut shells and all matter of plant materials found/that fell from the trees in our garden in Sri lanka by my nanny. My love of ceramics eventually took me to Japan in 2003 to observe the various ceramic techniques and works of the famous potter Soji Hamada in Mashiko. There I acquired the techniques and confidence of working with different materials, which enabled various forms of expression. My work consists of unique and original handmade pieces made from stoneware and porcelain clay. I fire my work in an electric kiln in my studio. The first firing is to 1000c and the final stoneware firing is usually from 1260c to 1300c. I use stoneware clay as it fires high, which enables it to be waterproof, and has a strength and durability that I like, and compliments the experimental way in which I work, pushing the materials to their limits. I use various techniques and surface decoration to create the illusion of age and decay through the passage of time. Some of the pieces are decorated by glazes that I have made from raw materials found within my local surroundings and the body of some items has within them the clay from the soil in my garden in Hertfordshire. In using the same methods and materials as the ancient masters and manipulating the medium in this way it gives me a unique perspective and insight into the world of the forgotten craftsman of a bygone age.
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