Metabolist Teapot

USA, 1979
E. John Bullard Collection
Date acquired:
Materials:
Porcelain
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Extruded
Cast
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Temmoku Glaze
Stephen Ladin

Stephen Ladin is known for slip cast porcelain. Ladin?s signature teapot has a graphic angular form resulting from a construction technique of assembling slip cast modular forms.

Ladin writes: ?... the complexity of the teapot seemed to allow maximum experimentation and variation, and offer[s] opportunities to approach design differently without sacrificing function.? [1]



[1]. Stephen Ladin, ?Variation Through Modular Casting,? Ceramics Monthly, 1980, pg. 52.

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E. John Bullard Collection

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