Collection

Genesis

CATEGORY:
Traditional and Contemporary Craft
YEAR:
2017
MEDIUM:
Stoneware clay decorated with ferric chloride, sodium, sugar, horsehair, copper carbonate
SIZE:
5 x 8 x 8 in.

Genesis is one of a series of Naked Raku pieces involving the use of ferric chloride as the prime decorative agent. The inclusion of a variety of items: horsehair, sugar, salt, and carbonates, produces results that are impossible to replicate so each piece is truly original.

About the Artist
Alan Darvill

b. 1938

Alan Darvill became interested in pottery over 40 years ago. Skilled in a wide variety of ceramics, his practice focuses on Majolica decorated functional earthenware and low fired “alternative” raku. In addition to being a prolific pottery maker, Darvill teaches ceramics at his studio with the Visual Arts Society. NGCI exhibitions include Revive: Contemporary Caymanian Craft (2017) and Cross Currents – 1st Cayman Islands Biennial (2019).