{"product_id":"pauline-meade-memory-of-bark-2","title":"Pauline Meade — 'Memory of Bark #2'","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"sc-eZSpzM dTSawo\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-bAehkN eXOdeP phx-GridRow row phx-GridRow--large\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-gahYZc osAnh phx-GridCell phx-GridCell--col3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-fQLpxn eoOGDx\"\u003eA series of hand formed tableware, creating a cohesive link between sculptural and functional. This series is intended for both table and wall.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-fQLpxn eoOGDx\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-fQLpxn eoOGDx\"\u003e\"I take close up photographs of small sections of trees as a way to collect images of bark, then transcribe them using my material knowledge.\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePauline hand forms her sculptural pieces using a slab technique then the surfaces are separated into sections using a resist, glazes and oxides are gradually layered onto each individual  surface.\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePauline Meade is a ceramic artist based in Melbourne\/ Naarm, working from her home studio where she both creates and fires her pieces in an electric kiln.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePauline predominantly hand builds her sculptural and functional pieces but is skilled on the pottery wheel and continues to use this as a way of modifying and enhancing her work. Using a combination of glazes, oxides and engobes, where the final firing is in a oxidation kiln. The visual palette and the tactile feel comes from a dry landscape and sclerophyll bush of her childhood that she continuously draws from. Pauline is influenced by the artist John Wolseley who lives and draws in this same Pyrenees region of Victoria.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHer most recent work, a series of tableware hand formed and altered on the wheel , is a way of creating a cohesive link between sculptural and functional, both for the table and the wall.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003estoneware, glaze oxides and reduction fired\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e 3 x 25 x 20cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pauline Meade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47645331030234,"sku":"C-PAM011","price":300.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/5002\/files\/397_Fresh_Product_C_Armstrong_2026.jpg?v=1772602337","url":"https:\/\/shop.craft.org.au\/products\/pauline-meade-memory-of-bark-2","provider":"SHOP@Craft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}