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Mandala Dish
Wason, Jason ((From http://www.jasonwasonceramics.com/cv.html)
1964-1974 Travelled Europe, North Africa,Middle East and Asia.
1974-1976 Set up Crafts community in Dumfrieshire, built a kick wheel from the back wheel and half shaft of a Morris 1000 van, and learnt to throw.
1976-1981 Leach Pottery, St. Ives, Cornwall.
1981-present worked in own studio near St. Just, Cornwall.)
Large dish, high-fired earthenware, square and slab-like in form with double-notched corners, giving a cruciform appearance, gently rising from the middle to the sides, standing on four small square feet, thrown finial at centre of the dish, comprising a cone shaped form surmounting a disc; red slip applied to the surface which darkens towards the rim edges, the surface is burnished to a low-gloss finish and at the centre of the dish is a circle surrounded by a ring of black ground that is embellished with combed incision, the central finial has an orange slip brushed on to its surface, the upright edges of the rim is picked out with gold-coloured metallic oxides.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 39539
Creation/Production
Wason, Jason
Date: 2009 ca
Acquisition
Gift, 21/3/2014
Given by David Paisey
Measurements
diam
(cm): 52
diam
(in): 20
Height
(cm): 8
Height
(in): 3
Techniques
slab-built
forming
Applied Art
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
hand-built
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
slip
decoration
Applied Art
burnished
decoration
Applied Art
combed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
slip
metal oxides
Location
In store
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