South African Design, Past & Present

Timed Online Auction, 7 - 26 June 2024

Ceramic Art and Glass
  • Hannah Massey; Blue Cigar
  • Hannah Massey; Blue Cigar
  • Hannah Massey; Blue Cigar


Lot Estimate
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000

About this Item

South Africa 1992-
Blue Cigar

stamped and dated 2024

blue- and sage-glazed stoneware
46cm high, 16cm diameter

Notes

'Clay has a unique, tactile quality that fascinates me-the way it moves and shifts. I love seeing the 'maker's marks' on ceramics, the traces left by hands as they craft each piece. It creates a direct and personal connection with the work, especially with hand building. You can't help but put yourself into it, in some way.

This collection emerges from a confrontation with vulnerability, as my inner world seeks expression through clay. These biomorphic vessels contain opposing states of mind, representing a tug-of-war between acceptance and rejection, kinship and solitude, disgust and desire-each as fundamental as the other.' - Hannah Massey, 2024

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