Lorna Meaden - "Watering Can"
16”h x 12”w x 7”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
16”h x 12”w x 7”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
Lorna Meaden - "Punch Bowl"
14”h x 12”w x 12”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
14”h x 12”w x 12”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
Lorna Meaden - "Bowls"
4”h x 4.5”w x 4.5”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
4”h x 4.5”w x 4.5”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
Lorna Meaden - "Center Piece"
10”h x 7”w x 7”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
10”h x 7”w x 7”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
Lorna Meaden - "Sugar Bowl with Spoons"
6”h x 4”w x 4”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
6”h x 4”w x 4”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
Lorna Meaden - "Whiskey Bucket"
9”h x 7”w x 4”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
9”h x 7”w x 4”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
Lorna Meaden - "Tumbler"
6”h x 3”w x 3”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
6”h x 3”w x 3”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
Lorna Meaden - "Teapot"
7”h x 4”w x 3”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
7”h x 4”w x 3”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
Lorna Meaden - "Lidded Jar"
12”h x 4”w x 4” d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
12”h x 4”w x 4” d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
Lorna Meaden - "Pitcher"
9”h x 4”w x 3”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
9”h x 4”w x 3”d, soda fired porcelain, cone 10, 2007
Artist Statement
I am interested in having my work display both practical and extravagant attributes. I am drawn to work that is rich in ornamentation, with lavish use of materials- both scarce in a culture of mass production.
As explained in The Language of Ornament, “Ornament stood not just for everything that made pleasure possible: the energy to see and care about one’s environment, the ability to tell good work from bad, and above all the assumption, shared if not always articulated by the whole society, that beauty should, and could, be part of people’s everyday lives.” (Trilling, James, p. 191)
-- Lorna Meaden