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Made in France.
A large, round stoneware vessel finished in glaze that moves between black and a deep blue achieved with hand-applied cobalt glaze. To create this unique finish, the piece is burnished with an agate stone, bisque-fired, smoked, and waxed. A piece by French artist Karen Swami whose ceramic vessels are hand thrown and finished in colors and textures that evoke ancient cultures and forms.
Swami’s vessels are composed of a series of movements. “To touch, to throw, to smooth, to incise, to encrust, each step requires a movement,” she explains. The resulting work, too, is if as in motion, with dynamic finishes and the monumental swelling or lengthening of forms. Working between Paris and Brittany, France, Karen Swami first experienced working with clay at the age of five, but it wasn’t until 2009 that she re-discovered ceramics by way of a potter’s wheel she set up the corner of her office.
One of a kind.
Intended for decorative use. To hold any water, an insert must be used within.
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Dimensions
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Details
Made in France.
A large, round stoneware vessel finished in glaze that moves between black and a deep blue achieved with hand-applied cobalt glaze. To create this unique finish, the piece is burnished with an agate stone, bisque-fired, smoked, and waxed. A piece by French artist Karen Swami whose ceramic vessels are hand thrown and finished in colors and textures that evoke ancient cultures and forms.
Swami’s vessels are composed of a series of movements. “To touch, to throw, to smooth, to incise, to encrust, each step requires a movement,” she explains. The resulting work, too, is if as in motion, with dynamic finishes and the monumental swelling or lengthening of forms. Working between Paris and Brittany, France, Karen Swami first experienced working with clay at the age of five, but it wasn’t until 2009 that she re-discovered ceramics by way of a potter’s wheel she set up the corner of her office.
One of a kind.
Intended for decorative use. To hold any water, an insert must be used within.
Materials
Dimensions
Care
French artist Karen Swami first experienced working with clay at the age of five, but it wasn’t until 2009 that she re-discovered ceramics by way of a potter’s wheel she set up in the corner of her office. From business school to finance and film production, Swami’s increasingly larger ceramics “slowly invaded her space and time” until it was time to enter the world of ceramic art. “To touch, to throw, to smooth, to incise, to encrust, each step requires a movement,” she explains. The resulting work, too, is if as in motion, with dynamic finishes and the monumental swelling or lengthening of forms. Working between Paris and Burgundy, Swami creates ceramic sculptures and vessels in colors and textures that evoke ancient cultures and forms.
SHOWS
The Vessel, October 12 - November 16, 2023