Photo: Artist
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Hummer with White Flowers

USA, 2017
<p>This non functional grey bowl shaped teapot has a black spout with an orange tip <span> emerging from low on the body. There is a</span>n angular black handle. The top is covered with white sculptural flowers. One orange flower is attracting a humming bird sculpture<span> with a green breast and brown top and wings which are in flight position</span>. </p><p> </p>
Date acquired:
Materials:
Porcelain
Form - Functional:
Teapot
Form - Sculptural:
Installation - small/intimate scale
Teapot
Method:
Hand-Built
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Annette Corcoran

After a career as a commercial artist Corcoran began working with clay in 1972. Her career is guided by her fascination with birds along with inspiration from Japanese ceramics and the work of James Audubon. Each of her teapots includes a bird and visual reference material that provides additional understanding of the particular species. She begins each series of 5 to 7 teapots with careful drawings of a particular bird species. Corcoran hand builds each piece using porcelain they are then bisque-fired. Large paintings are created and tagged with numbers of glaze techniques. These paintings are used as her glazing guide when applying the surface designs. A piece can involve under-glaze, over-glaze and, airbrushing to create a chiaroscuro effect. Corcoran?s decorative techniques incorporate painting and line drawing.

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