Picking up the Pieces

Just to give an update on the angular form-finding things I was working on over the winter months, this is the final outcome of the latest (or is it last?? no, surely not ...) piece; I was met with a scene of devastation when I opened the kiln:

I am keeping these fragments with a view to incorporating them in a new piece, combining them with some other material in some way.

I like the contrast between the smooth, refined and the rough, broken. I'm also rather pleased with the transition in the change of angle on the intersecting top edges, shown in the last image. A way of making that edge more interesting, rather than simply making it a straight connection, as in the penultimate image.

This had been a substantial piece - the largest yet, measuring approx. 60 x 50 x 50 cm - and had some interesting elements, including the transition described above.

It had presented many challenges, some of which had been resolved better than others.

So there is room - and a desire - for further development/improvement ...

Picking up the pieces; creating something new from the remaining fragments - rather apt in the wake of this devastating EU Referendum ...