{"id":67001,"date":"2020-07-09T08:54:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T07:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonfell.co.uk\/?post_type=portfolio&p=67001"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:17:24","slug":"abundance","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/simonfell.co.uk\/index.php\/portfolio\/abundance\/","title":{"rendered":"Abundance"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”114379″]\"Photograph<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”7″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text]This ceramic still-life composition is made up of many geometric and organic forms that are held within a bowl on a tall stand. The forms are richly coloured and textured and finished in a highly reflective set of glazes. The whole piece is made from sheets of clay (technically slab-built) so each item is hollow, like most pottery vessels, the forms are effectively shells rather than solids.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”204221″]\"Photograph[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”866776″]\"Photograph[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”7″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text]Each object within the bowl shows either a geometric or an organic bias and many of them are somewhere in between. I have made extensive use of stamps and other techniques to create surface textures before the addition of coloured slips (tinted liquid clay painted or sprayed on). The separate parts are then bisque fired and finally coloured with glaze which deepens the colour and adds the glass like finish and bonds everything together in the final firing.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”7″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_button button_color=”color-wayh” border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FCBN564eF-Ia%2F||target:%20_blank|” button_color_type=”uncode-palette” uncode_shortcode_id=”921436″]See the video on Instagram[\/vc_button][vc_column_text]A video monologue by contemporary artist Simon Fell on the ceramic still-life sculpture \u2018Abundance\u2019, how it was made and what\u2019s it all about[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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