Helen Martino slab built studio pottery vase abstract design, gold leaf rim
Flattened form slab built Studio Art pottery jug/vase decorated with a blue and dark grey paper resist abstract design and a gold leaf rim. Painted signature to base. By Cambridge UK based. 19 cm high x 20 cm wide x 6 cm deep (at widest point). Helen describes her work as’serious, posh and frivolous’. For many years she was a functional potter, making batches of domestic pots on a wheel. Helen’s work changed about ten years ago when it seemed to her that it was about the right time to have some non-functional fun. She started to use a hand building technique, with soft and flexible sheets of high firing clay. These are freely cut, curved and sometimes twisted. The surfaces are painted with slips, underglaze pigments using brushes and paper and wax resists. Sometimes she will add silver, gold or copper leaf and lustre. Helen is currently exploring combinations of ceramic form; colour and text with words integrated into the decoration and often distorted beyond immediate recognition. This presents exciting opportunities for her to investigate surfaces. She also make more frivolous pots as a series. These include flattened harlequin bowls, teapots, bird jugs and flat cups and saucers. She is based in Cambridge, UK. This item is in the category “Pottery, Ceramics & Glass\Decorative Pottery, Ceramics & Glass\Vases”. The seller is “susawoodwar_8″ and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Canada, Ireland, Australia, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Bahrain, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Korea, South, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French Guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Macau, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and Caicos Islands, Aruba, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay.
- Handmade: Yes
- Production Technique: Pottery
- Colour: Blue
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Style: Contemporary
- Theme: Abstract, Studio
- Pattern: Abstract
- Type: Jug/Vase
- Features: GOLD LEAF RIM
- Antique: No
- Vintage: No
- Signed: Yes
- Signed By: HELEN MARTINO
- Origin: Cambridge
- Brand: HELEN MARTINO
- Production Style: Art Pottery
- Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
- Era: 21st Century (2000-Now)
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