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Size: 42 cm x 32 cm x 30 cm. JULIE O’SULLIVAN STUDIO POTTERY. From her Leigh-on-Sea studio, Julie presents a body of work shaped by living alongside the transient beauty of the Thames Estuary. A response to the ebb and flow of the tides, smoothing & unsettling, revealing and concealing, myriad forms and found objects and fragments of history, reflecting the colour tones of the seascape. The guiding principle or philosophy behind Julie’s work is not an intellectual scrutiny of objects but a sense-driven, textural communication, aiming to activate the senses through the sensuality of the form and its material qualities. She has hand-built in stoneware for over 35 years and her work incorporates found sea-glass, seaweed, shells and pebbles taken from her local shoreline. To me the the term and the concept. Deriving from an Ancient Greek word describing’the texture, the feel and the pleasure of touching’ perfectly describes the essence of my work and my creative approach to design which originates in the senses. Julie O’Sullivan had a career as a fine jewellery designer before returning to her first creative love, ceramics, graduating in 2008 from Central Saint Martins with a First Class Honours Degree in Ceramic Design. Her degree show project Material Pleasures. Was developed into commercial production, supplying both Liberty, London and Fortnum & Mason, Piccadilly and enabling her to develop her studio practice in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Although Julie now hand-builds using a very coarse-textured stoneware clay, there remains a sensuous delicacy or fragility to her work.

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Outstanding large mid century modern, Brutalist style, signed studio pottery sculptural ikebana vase! This piece is huge coming in at roughly 16″ tall, 14.5″ long, 5 wide, and weighing around 20lbs all on its own! The pottery is very stable and sturdy, so you will not have to worry about it tipping over or wobbling around. This piece is signed “McCord for Marion Unger” and dated “12/25/78″ on the bottom side. Pretty cool Xmas gift! Overall very nice vintage condition with a couple of very minor visible repairs, which can be seen in the photos. Look at picture 6 and you can see a hairline crack which looks like the former owner maybe fixed on their own? And if you look closely at the last photo, you will see that there are a couple of thin barely noticeable hairline cracks, or possible repairs, on the rims of the spouts. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER ITEMS FOR SALE, AND ADD ME TO YOUR FAVORITE SELLERS LIST! Most pieces are hand sourced and picked by me here locally in the PNW. The majority of pieces I sell are vintage and have had a previous life, so a little minor wear can be expected from time to time. I will disclose everything to the best of my knowledge! Just shoot me a message and I will help you get it set up if needed! If you need more time please let me know and I can work with you. The item “GIANT 20lb BRUTALIST STUDIO POTTERY VASE IKEBANA CERAMIC ART SCULPTURE Vtg MCM” is in sale since Wednesday, July 24, 2019. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\Art Pottery\Studio/ Handcrafted Pottery”. The seller is “urbanrummage” and is located in Lynnwood, Washington. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Style: Mid-Century Modern
• Material: Ceramic
• Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
• Object Type: Vase

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