Ronan Kyle Peterson

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Title: Triple Pod Vase

Year of Creation: 2012

Glaze: Alkaline amber glaze, layered with Bubbly Brew (lichen) & terra sigillata with inlaid glaze

Clay Body: Red earthenware

Dimensions: Height 6 inches, Width 12 inches

Artist's Statement: This vase is a continued study of how flowers and flower arrangement look when spread across the horizontal as opposed to bunched together only vertically. The necks and tops of this vase are abstractions of seed pods and buds, referencing the flowers that would spring forth from their mouths.