British artist Tamsin van Essen captures the fragile moment when abundance turns to decay in these ceramic works inspired by 17th century Dutch vanitas paintings. The exuberant decoration disrupts the vases’ forms, implying deterioration and ruin. She says the works are “frozen in time as disintegration begins, . . . hinting at the impermanence of material existence and the inevitable decline of beauty.”
The London-based artist, a graduate of the Royal College of Art, specializes in conceptual design and uses the medium of ceramics to explore scientific, medical and social historic themes.
Categories: Ceramics
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These are fabulous- I love the concept behind them too!
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Her ability to translate concept to structure is amazing. Agree they’re fabulous.
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These are stunning!
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Yes indeed, I’m with you there, completely. The rest of her portfolio (different styles) is equally distracting.
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I’ll have to check them out. Goodness, art is amazing, isn’t it?
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I really want to own one of these, but I know they would be out of my price range!
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Oh but you never know! You might want to contact her anyway. It’s always a dilemma, isn’t it?
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I would also be awfully scared of breaking it!
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