Incollect Magazine - Issue 14

Incollect Magazine 75 Caroline Blackburn Twentieth The late gallerist Stefan Lawrence, founder of Twentieth, had an impeccable eye for recognizing talent. He connected with Caroline Blackburn and invited her to show with the gallery. It was a smart move because her ceramics are now in constant demand with interior designers, who are attracted to their expressive forms and decorative surface qualities. “Caroline Blackburn’s vessels blur the line between painting and object, where surface, color, and form exist in a constant state of transformation,” says Daniele Albright, Gallery Director. The forms are thrown on a wheel, hand-built, or a combination of both. Trained as a painter, when Caroline glazes a work she approaches it as a canvas. She may first apply a slip, draw on the work with a ceramic pencil, and then hand-paint the piece with brushes in a variety of widths to accomplish a sublime painterly effect, and finally grind the surface with a stone. “Each piece carries a sense of movement, as if the material is still shifting, with layers that reveal both materiality and f luidity.” The gallery featured her work in 2024 at Design Miami/ LA in Los Angeles. Photos courtesy Twentieth : Caroline Blackburn, No. 975, United States, new. Stoneware, black lava glaze. : Caroline Blackburn, No. 496, United States, new. Stoneware