Vase, 1998 (crushed recycled glass mixed with ceramic oxides and wallpaper paste)

Vase or vessel of part spherical form, the rim or aperture formed by a jagged edge, designed and made by Emma O'Dare in 1998. The outer surface is of pitted blue glass allowing the inner surface, which is coloured green, to show through. The surface has a volcanic quality, reminicent of pumice or sponge. The piece was produced by crushing recycled glass to a sugar-like consistency and mixing with ceramic oxides (producing the colours) and wallpaper paste. The mixture was painted onto a plaster mould and fired in a kiln. It was then polished. Emma O'Dare makes these pieces in series, selling direct from the studio and at craft fairs.