Vessels

‘Altschuler’s playful aesthetic uses the abstract cup, beaker or tumbler shape, something we are used to holding intimately, in our hands and against our lips. She adds feet and a neck to create a vessel that is a sculptural form but is also a bud vase.

Gail uses the clay or porcelain as a canvas, telling personal stories from her sketchbooks. The images of figures, faces and places are drawn using graphic techniques, Mishima inlay; etched lines filled with underglazes, Sgraffito; lines scratched through a colour, to reveal the background colour and colour washes under a transparent glaze. These graphic elements are all added before the clay is fired.  

Each vessel is hand built, uniquely shaped and illustrated with narrative images from my sketchbooks.

Storytelling vessels inspired by drawing from observation and visits to museums and galleries.

15-25cm high x 7-9cm wide, they hold water, are decorative and functional.

Photographs by Bill Mudge and Mike Coles

Scroll through to see pics from my sketchbooks and videos

showing the porcelain building and Mishima techniques.