Monday 7 April 2014

HumptyDumptyRestored

 many years ago
sometimes during the early 80s
when i returned from my 8 year long journey
and started to seriously consider my ceramic direction
i had my first one man exhibition
in Adelaide

i sold a bowl to an organisation
who gave it as a prize for something or other

the prize went to India Flint's mother
the same India whom i am presently having 
an exhibition with at 
the Murray Bridge Regional Gallery

on the opening day of that event 
she brought me the same bowl in many pieces
 a possum the culprit
i took it home
and with great care and attention
put it back together again

i was able to restore the form
but compromised the surface

in order to make up for that i placed some gold 
in the fillings on the collar of the bowl

'The work will teach you how to do it'







4 comments:

  1. Exquisite. You have painted poetry from fragments me dear.

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  2. Your images and words bring tears to my eyes. Gathering shards and reassembling is a predominant theme in life, I believe. I love this reassembled piece, it is so beautiful.

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  3. thank you for your kind words. grateful

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  4. a beautiful thing, this tale, this restoration.

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