Signs of Storm
Vase
1984 (made)
1984 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Kati Tuominen-Niittylä was a pupil of Kyllikki Salmenhaara, one of Finland's most influential artists.
Tuominen's work shows an interest in shapes, while also demonstrating the understanding of materials that Salmenhaara placed such emphasis on in her teaching. The rough body is known as chamotte, a technique in which fired porcelain or stoneware (‘grog’) is incorporated into the clay, reducing its shrinkage in firing.
Tuominen's work shows an interest in shapes, while also demonstrating the understanding of materials that Salmenhaara placed such emphasis on in her teaching. The rough body is known as chamotte, a technique in which fired porcelain or stoneware (‘grog’) is incorporated into the clay, reducing its shrinkage in firing.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Signs of Storm (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Chamotte stoneware, thrown, hand-built and worked |
| Brief description | Chamotte stoneware vase-like sculpture, thrown, hand-built and worked, made by Kati Tuominen at Arabia, Helsinki, 1984. |
| Physical description | Chamotte stoneware sculpture, thrown, hand-built and worked. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'ARABIA FINLAND KT' [in monogram, incised] |
| Summary | Kati Tuominen-Niittylä was a pupil of Kyllikki Salmenhaara, one of Finland's most influential artists. Tuominen's work shows an interest in shapes, while also demonstrating the understanding of materials that Salmenhaara placed such emphasis on in her teaching. The rough body is known as chamotte, a technique in which fired porcelain or stoneware (‘grog’) is incorporated into the clay, reducing its shrinkage in firing. |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 68 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.55-1988 |
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| Record created | September 29, 2008 |
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