GEODE TEAPOT
This was my original sketch for the Geode Teapot. I was inspired by the ceramic artist Beccy Ridsel.
This was my teapot right after finishing clay attachments, and 2 days before the high firing.
Ridsel attended the University of York and in 2008 completed her BA in Contemporary 3D Crafts. She is still creating art in her home studio in York UK.
She has had work displayed in exhibits such as the Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York and the Houston Centre for Contemporary Crafts in Texas.
Beccy Ridsel
https://www.beccyridsdel.co.uk/
She often uses surgical tools when photographing her art to make it seem as if the cracks in the pieces are incisions
Ridsel specializes in making layered china cups and plates with floral designs in the innermost layer.
My teapot is inspired by the artist Beccy Ridsel. Her art contrasts the harmony of nature with the idea of incompleteness. The intentional cracks and tears in her pieces that reveal colorful floral patterns emphasize that even things with imperfections are perfect in their own way. With my teapot, I decided to make a geode because from the outside they look like just rocks, but once they are cracked, the beautiful gemstones are revealed.
This is my completed teapot after glazing
This is the specific Beccy Ridsel piece I was inspired by