Lene Kuhl Jakobsen

Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Title: Shell

Year of Creation: 2012

Glaze: Satiny finish magnesium stoneware glaze fired to 1280 degrees Celsius

Clay Body: Fine white porcelaneous stoneware

Dimensions: Height 6.30 inches, Width 4.33 inches

Artist's Statement: My work is often inspired by sealife such as sea urchins and shells.

I consider these forms and patterns gaining ideas for my own designs. I work on the pottery wheel in porcelaneous stoneware clay firing in an electric kiln.

The decoration consists of tiny raised dots and the glaze has a satiny finish which gives a tactile just like found on sand - washed shell.