XO PEDESTAL

Pedestal vase based on an amalgam of old Greek vessels and more modern Wedgewood made as a composite piece where the body and the base were luted together. Thrown out of terra cotta, once assembled and small decorative lugs applied the foot was pierced and then covered over in a thin layer of black slip and allowed to set up. After firming up the design was mapped out using ink and then the XO decoration was carved to reveal the clay body. Nothing all that complex here, just a straight forward and simple form and surface that hopefully will spend a very long time fufilling its purpose be it for flowers, filled with sand and used for incense stick or chocked to the brim with candy.