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by Frances Smith Ceramics · Kiama, NSW
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"Window Series - Kiama Palm Tree" is a wheel-thrown porcelain vessel featuring vibrant underglaze colors and Kiama-inspired illustrations, blending artistry with functionality in the Australiana series.
Discover the essence of Australian coastal beauty with our "Window Series - Kiama Palm Tree" ceramic. This wheel-thrown vessel, crafted from Cool Ice Porcelain, captures the spirit of Kiama's iconic landscapes. The piece showcases vibrant underglaze colors and illustration, creating a stunning visual narrative of the region's natural splendor. This functional art piece blends artistry with practicality, featuring a glazed interior and altered form that adds depth and character.
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 celebration of the forms and colours of Australia
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.
These functional glazes provide smooth, even coatings, providing a consistent and professional finish. This technique ensures a flawless, glossy surface that enhances the beauty of the ceramics and can make the piece fully functional.
This unique ceramic piece features a thrown vessel that has been intentionally altered, creating an intriguing interplay between form and function. The artist's skillful manipulation of the clay while on the wheel, followed by deliberate modifications, results in a striking and unconventional work that challenges traditional notions of ceramic vessels.
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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Hand-painting or drawing on the clay surface with underglazes or colored slips before the glazing process, showcasing artistic imagery or motifs.
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.
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.
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