Incollect Magazine - Issue 3

2022 Incollect Magazine 99 Karen S ami Dorian Caffot de Fa es ntiques Karen S ami is an unabashedly traditional ceramic artist, orking ith established forms and techniques of ceramic production. Custom made in France ith gold and stone are, her vessels exhibit an obvious love of simple forms and atmospheric smokey glaze decoration achieved through ood-fired kilns and minimal, elegant decoration — in this case, fine gold lacquer filled crack lines running up the side of the vessels, a traditional Japanese technique kno n as kintsugi, meant to exalt the imperfections in the clay. Best kno n for her smoked, fired and axed pieces that are re orked ith Japanese vegetal ‘Urushi’ lacquer and pure gold, in the kintsugi technique. A unique wheel-thrown stoneware vessel by Parisian ceramist Karen Swami, with a pure and elegantly rounded form. Unglazed, smoke-fired, waxed and reworked with traditional Japanese vegetal “Urushi” lacquer and pure gold filling the natural cracks, in the Kintsugi technique. Photo courtesy Dorian Caffot de Fawes. Minimalism ith a constant sense of movement is ho one might describe the ork of Stephanie Bachiero, ho is a sculptor, in essence, orking ith a ide variety of materials including clay. Jazz comes to mind hen vie ing her sensual or undulating forms hich at the same time resemble ribbons of fabric but also musical notes on a page. I am reminded of the art orks of Clement Meadmore, obviously at a different scale, but also Brancusi ho strove to capture movement. Material exploration is an important part of her practice and art orks have been produced using engineered aerospace composites as ell as more conventionally porcelain, bronze, chrome, and stainless steel. Stephanie nn Bachiero Peter Blake Gallery Undulating ribbons of pristine porcelain seem to float effortlessly in space, belying the complexity of their creation, which requires fastidious attention to the construction and surface of the temperamental material. At left, Parallax, 2017 and right, Contortion, 2017 in porcelain by Stephanie Ann Bachiero. Photos courtesy Peter Blake Gallery