Little Idol by AG Nwosu
Little Idol is a modern study of classical forms and storytelling through the vessel. Though its base form, with pedestal and carrying handles, is reminiscent of ancient amphoras, its ornamentation is distinctively modern and minimal in style. So too is the form's storytelling quality - while classical Greek ceramics often showcased intricately painted scenes of ancient daily life, here, modern life is simply and literally reflected by the vessel's mirrored surface. A series of glaze firings produces a patinated mirror glaze, giving the vessel an air of antiquity, as though it could have been pulled from an excavation site. But of course it was not. It lives with us now, hinting at the past, showing us at present.
Materials: Stoneware, Glaze
AG Nwosu of AG Nwosu Ceramics/IG
Ceramic Artist
Little Idol is a modern study of classical forms and storytelling through the vessel. Though its base form, with pedestal and carrying handles, is reminiscent of ancient amphoras, its ornamentation is distinctively modern and minimal in style. So too is the form's storytelling quality - while classical Greek ceramics often showcased intricately painted scenes of ancient daily life, here, modern life is simply and literally reflected by the vessel's mirrored surface. A series of glaze firings produces a patinated mirror glaze, giving the vessel an air of antiquity, as though it could have been pulled from an excavation site. But of course it was not. It lives with us now, hinting at the past, showing us at present.
Materials: Stoneware, Glaze
AG Nwosu of AG Nwosu Ceramics/IG
Ceramic Artist
Little Idol is a modern study of classical forms and storytelling through the vessel. Though its base form, with pedestal and carrying handles, is reminiscent of ancient amphoras, its ornamentation is distinctively modern and minimal in style. So too is the form's storytelling quality - while classical Greek ceramics often showcased intricately painted scenes of ancient daily life, here, modern life is simply and literally reflected by the vessel's mirrored surface. A series of glaze firings produces a patinated mirror glaze, giving the vessel an air of antiquity, as though it could have been pulled from an excavation site. But of course it was not. It lives with us now, hinting at the past, showing us at present.
Materials: Stoneware, Glaze
AG Nwosu of AG Nwosu Ceramics/IG
Ceramic Artist