Nicholas Lees
Small Red Floating Bowl 20.21, 2020
Parian and soluble gold
14 x 13cm
Series: Floating Bowl
Signed on base
CF0036
Photo: Nicholas Lees
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‘Red Floating Bowls’ are made from Parian. The introduction of colour is inspired by Nicholas' works on paper with ink, in which the interaction between wet and dry is used as a parallel for movement and the uncertainty of perception. The use of soluble metal salts in colouring ceramic is an unusual technique. In this case, a solution of soluble gold is applied by Nicholas to the interior of the biscuit fired pieces. The pieces are then saturated and, as they dry, the colour moves through the form and concentrates onto the edges of the fins through the suction caused by faster evaporation from those edges. The pieces are then fired to their top temperature to vitrify them. There is some cold work with diamond abrasive to finish the surface and make a stable base.
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