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by Frances Smith Ceramics · Kiama, NSW
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Hand-crafted Cool Ice Porcelain vessel featuring a whimsical flying fox design with golden-edged wings. Combines artistry and functionality for modern home decor.
Introducing the "Golden Winged Aussie Flying Fox Vessel" from our "Zany Characters" series. This exquisite piece is meticulously hand-crafted using Cool Ice Porcelain, showcasing the perfect blend of artistry and functionality. The vessel features a charming flying fox design with striking golden-edged wings, bringing a touch of whimsy to your modern home decor. Our skilled artisans have employed various techniques including hand-building, carving, wheel throwing, and illustration to create this unique piece. The addition of underglaze and lustre enhances its visual appeal, making it a true conversation starter. This vessel is not just a decorative item; it's a functional work of art that adds elegance and character to your living space. Each piece is thoughtfully designed and crafted to infuse your daily life with beauty and elegance, making it a perfect addition to any contemporary home seeking a touch of artistic flair.
Cool Ice Porcelain is a premium ceramic clay known for its silky smooth texture and brilliant white finish, ideal for creating intricate and delicate works of art. This versatile clay offers exceptional workability and strength, making it perfect for both wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques.
Artistic objects made from clay and fired to create pottery, vases, or decorative objects.
A series of joyful animal characters
A collection where the artist personally selects and holds their favorite creations, showcasing a deeply personal reflection of their journey, evolution, and the themes that resonate most with them.
This method involves shaping clay without a wheel, using techniques like pinching, coil construction, and slab building, offering more versatility in shapes and textures.
Removing clay to create decoration or shape in the clay body, often using tools to incise or sculpt the clay, adding depth and dimension to the work.
Hand-painting or drawing on the clay surface with underglazes or colored slips before the glazing process, showcasing artistic imagery or motifs.
The application of colored decoration to the surface of a piece before it is glazed, allowing for detailed and intricate designs that are sealed and protected by a clear or translucent glaze.
About the artist
Frances Smith CeramicsCreating Elegance in Clay. Discover hand-crafted, functional vessels blending artistry and utility to enhance modern home decor with unique, thoughtful designs. Each piece, a testament to the beauty of functional art, infuses daily life with beauty and elegance.
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A metallic glaze that gives ceramics a shiny, reflective surface, applied over a fired glaze and then fired again at a lower temperature to fuse the lustre to the surface.
A pottery technique where clay is shaped into forms on a rotating potter's wheel, allowing for symmetrical and rounded shapes, often used for creating bowls, vases, and other vessels.
A ceramic art technique that uses the clay surface as canvas to be illustrated with line and colour techniques. These methods allow for detailed, vibrant designs that make each piece a true work of art.
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