Latvian Summer Solstice 2
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Medium: Black and White Stoneware, clear glaze inside, white glaze outside. Fired to 1250c.
Created: 25/6/2025
Sculptural Vase Dimensions: H18 W14cm
Weight: 1kg
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What is it?
This is a ceramic sculptural vase I created during my time at the artist residency in Serde in Aizpute, Latvia from 14th to 27th June. I was lucky to be an invited guest.
Why did you create it?
I created this sculptural vase to respond to the theme of the residency which was about responding to the Summer Solstice in Latvia.
The country holds traditional festivals on the night from the 23rd to the 24th of June. This stems from their agrian pagan society. The rituals were traditionally devoted to things like the sun, changing of the seasons and harvest. Latvian people would sing songs and feast to celebrate life. Whilst at the residency I was lucky to be invited to see some of the rituals including fire burning and burning stick figures out on a lake that represented witches. This was done to warn off bad things as people would write notes and ablaze them in the fire.
I harnessed the Summer Solstice theme in my sculptural vase by focusing on black and white colours within the clay and glaze to represent day and night as light is important to the natural cycle. There is a zen-like balanced and dimension to the work through the undulations of the spheres and black and white colour. Its still, calm and has a natural feel to it. Perhaps being in the studio surrounded by nature contributed to this atmosphere.
If you look closely you will find a hole on the top of the sculpture. This creates a viewing point to lead the eye into the darkened cavity of the piece. However it also serves as another function to contain flowers, hence the name Sculptural Vase. With this piece I wanted to bridge the gap between sculpture and a vase, it becomes not only a work of art but also a vase to contain flowers. This also relates back to the theme of the Summer Solstice as flowers grow in abundance during this time in Latvia. They are regally picked and presented in things like head reaths and in the home.
What materials and techniques were used?
I used white and black stoneware clay to create the spheres that was individually hand-thrown on the potters wheel that was then refined and cut up and constructed piece by piece to create the form. I then bisque fired the piece to 1000c. A clear glaze was applied inside so that water can be contained for the flowers to be placed into. A white matt glaze was applied half way down from the top on the outside leaving parts of the clay exposed. It was then glazed fired to 1250c.
This is a ceramic sculptural vase I created during my time at the artist residency in Serde in Aizpute, Latvia from 14th to 27th June. I was lucky to be an invited guest.
Why did you create it?
I created this sculptural vase to respond to the theme of the residency which was about responding to the Summer Solstice in Latvia.
The country holds traditional festivals on the night from the 23rd to the 24th of June. This stems from their agrian pagan society. The rituals were traditionally devoted to things like the sun, changing of the seasons and harvest. Latvian people would sing songs and feast to celebrate life. Whilst at the residency I was lucky to be invited to see some of the rituals including fire burning and burning stick figures out on a lake that represented witches. This was done to warn off bad things as people would write notes and ablaze them in the fire.
I harnessed the Summer Solstice theme in my sculptural vase by focusing on black and white colours within the clay and glaze to represent day and night as light is important to the natural cycle. There is a zen-like balanced and dimension to the work through the undulations of the spheres and black and white colour. Its still, calm and has a natural feel to it. Perhaps being in the studio surrounded by nature contributed to this atmosphere.
If you look closely you will find a hole on the top of the sculpture. This creates a viewing point to lead the eye into the darkened cavity of the piece. However it also serves as another function to contain flowers, hence the name Sculptural Vase. With this piece I wanted to bridge the gap between sculpture and a vase, it becomes not only a work of art but also a vase to contain flowers. This also relates back to the theme of the Summer Solstice as flowers grow in abundance during this time in Latvia. They are regally picked and presented in things like head reaths and in the home.
What materials and techniques were used?
I used white and black stoneware clay to create the spheres that was individually hand-thrown on the potters wheel that was then refined and cut up and constructed piece by piece to create the form. I then bisque fired the piece to 1000c. A clear glaze was applied inside so that water can be contained for the flowers to be placed into. A white matt glaze was applied half way down from the top on the outside leaving parts of the clay exposed. It was then glazed fired to 1250c.
