PAUL MORRIS--Grand Prize Winner of 'A New Decade of Clay: 2010'

摘要

This work is made of multiple parts of a grogged stoneware clay, shaped by a variety of methods. Some parts were press-molded into hemispherical plaster molds of varying sizes, while others are slabs of clay draped and seamed over traffic cones, One of the clay cones was then curved by darting, luting, and paddling into shape. The spout and handle are slabs of clay wrapped and seamed over newspaper-covered dowel rods, then curved and dried to cheese-hard before adding to the pot. This sculptural pot was assembled starting at the foot and working upward from the table top, luting parts together. The hemisphere that forms the belly of this pot was bent to elongate it, then wrapped around the conical shape beneath. As volumes were joined and shapes overlapped shapes, unnecessary interior pieces were cut away to make the whole piece hollow.