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Clare Twomey
This blog follows the activities I am undertaking in the ceramics residency studio.It focuses on my collection of one object a week from the V&A Ceramics open storage collection. As the residency proceeds the objects will follow my thinking and illustrate through the collection the thoughts of an artist through objects.
Along side this there will be images of the works I am making in response to this and what might come experiments and ideas that lead to new work.
A new phase has come...........
09 October 2011
The first 10 weeks have past and now I am turning to the last few months at the V&A to understand what I do with the journey I have been on. The first 10 weeks focused on understanding parts of the collection, maybe the next 10 weeks will allow me to react to the collection.
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Week 10
09 October 2011
Teacup
Place of origin: Nagasaki (made)
Date: about 1979 (made)
Artist/Maker:Mori, Masahiro (designer) Hakusan Porcelain Company (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques: Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
Credit Line:Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory
Museum number: FE.106C-1981
Gallery location: Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 23, shelf 5
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Week 9
09 October 2011
Vase
Place of origin: United States (made)
Date: 1983 (made)
Artist/Maker:Morrison, Jens (maker)
Materials and Techniques: Earthenware
Museum number: C.174&A-1984
Gallery location: Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 46, shelf 4
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Week 8
09 October 2011
Vase
Place of origin: Copenhagen (manufactured)
Date: 1982 (designed)
Artist/Maker:Manz, Bodil (designer) Bing & Grøndahl (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques: Porcelain with relief moulded and underglaze painted decoration
Credit Line: Given by the maker
Museum number: C.142D-1987
Gallery location: Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 42, shelf 5
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Week 7
09 October 2011
Coffee Pot
Place of origin: Staffordshire (made)
Date: 1957-1968 (made)
Artist/Maker:Seeney, Enid (decoration, designer) Arnold, Tom (shape, designer) Ridgway (manufacturers)
Materials and Techniques: White earthenware, glazed and printed
Museum number: C.179:1, 2-1991
Gallery location: Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 41, shelf 5
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Week 6
09 October 2011
Plate
Place of origin: Meissen (made)
Date: ca. 1765-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker:Meissen porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques: Hard-paste porcelain, painted in crimson-purple and gilt
Museum number: 1979C-1855
Gallery location: Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 23, shelf 3
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Week 5
09 October 2011
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Die Leiden des jungen Werther; The Sorrows of Young Werther Object:Tray Place of origin:Meissen (made) Date: ca. 1790 (made) Artist/Maker:Meissen porcelain factory (maker) Schubert, Johann David (probably, decorator) Materials and Techniques: Hard paste porcelain painted in enamel colours and gilt Museum number: 1328-1871 Gallery location: Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 22, shelf 6 |
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Week 4
09 October 2011
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Place of origin:Derby (made) Date: ca. 1810 (made) Artist/Maker:Derby Porcelain factory (manufacturer) Lucas, Daniel (senior) (painter) Materials and Techniques:Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded Credit Line:Bequeathed by Herbert Allen Museum number:C.344-1935 Gallery location:Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case14, shelf 5 |
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Week 3
09 October 2011
Plaque
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Place of origin: Jingdezhen (made) Date: 1965-1975 (made) Artist/Maker:Wu, Kang (decorator) Materials and Techniques: Porcelain painted in enamels Credit Line: Given by Mr Simon Kwan Museum number:FE.37-1990 Gallery location:Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 15, shelf 4 |
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Week 2
09 October 2011
Brush pot
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Place of origin:Jingdezhen (made) Date:1630-1640 (made) Artist/Maker: unknown Materials and Techniques: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue Museum number: 768-1883 Gallery location: Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 6, shelf 4 |
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Clare Twomey is a British artist and a research fellow at the University of Westminster who works with clay in large-scale installations, Sculpture and site-specific works. Over the past 10 years she has exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate, Crafts Council, Museum of Modern Art Kyoto Japan, the Eden Project and the Royal Academy of Arts.Within these works Twomey has maintained her concerns with materials, craft practice and historic and social context.
Clare Twomey is actively involved in critical research in the area of the applied arts, including writing, curating and making. She has developed work, which expands the fields’ knowledge of larger scale installation works.
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