crafts study centre EXHIBITION
The Crafts Study Centre is a specialist university museum open to the public as well as a research centre and home to internationally renowned collections of modern British craft.
MA students in the school of Craft and Design at the University for the Creative Arts were invited to respond creatively to a piece in the museum collection for an exhibition entitled ReMastered.
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Dimensions: 10 cm x 10 cm
Materials: Porcelain
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JUNE - SEPTEMBER 2018
Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, Surrey
“It was fascinating to see which parts of the collection appealed to the students and why….I particularly liked Helen’s response to a Lucie Rie pot.”
Greta Bertram, Curator Crafts Study Centre
sgraffito
Helen was drawn to the sgraffito lines on a bowl by pioneering potter Lucie Rie and wanted to reflect these in a design for a light.
Dame lucie rie
She recalled a photograph, taken by Lord Snowdon, of a diminutive Rie, sitting next to a large moon jar.
moon jar
The moon jar, belonged to Bernard Leach, known as the father of British Studio pottery. He purchased the traditional Korean storage vessel in Seoul and said that owning it was like ‘carrying a little piece of happiness’. He asked Rie to look after it for him - which she did for more than 50 years. It is now in the British Museum.
inspiration
This inspired Helen to create a range of porcelain lights combining the iconic shape of the moon jar with Rie’s signature sgraffito marks.
