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Romanesco Vase I
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2017
Object made by Additive Layer Manufacturing from nylon with a mineral soft coating
15.8
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10.4
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11
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40
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26.4
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28
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$16,500
Edition of 2
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According to the Wedgwood Museum, “Rococo-inspired wares formed a very small part of early Wedgwood production, but the most distinctive of these were those naturalistically-moulded earthenware fruit and vegetable forms made around 1760. Other potters in Staffordshire also made similar wares at this time. The lower portions of the cauliflower wares received a decoration of a brilliant green glaze, considered by many to have been developed by Wedgwood himself around the time of his partnership with Thomas Whieldon, master potter at Fenton.” Refer to additional work by Eden....READ MORE
I have been attracted to these early Wedgwood pots, and chose to use them as the starting point for a vase that connects art and mathematics. The florets of the cauliflower are arranged in a spiral formation which can be seen here in this beautiful Romanesco cauliflower.
My Romanesco Vases also incorporate leaves created using photogrammetry, a system where a number of photographs, taken from different angles are stitched together to create a 3D photograph which can be imported into the CAD software. Once trimmed and edited, they can be connected to the other parts of the design." —Michael Eden
A well-respected and established potter, Michael Eden completed an MPhil at the Royal College of Art in 2008, concentrating on the development of a new body of work that explored the abstract qualities of the container. Utilising and developing the combination of drawing, 3D software, traditional hand skills, and digital technology, his research brought together revolutionary tools and materials for the first time and the launch of his Wedgwoodn’t Tureen. Since then, Michael has continued to push digital technology further producing more complex and larger works whilst staying true to his original intention that each piece should be a unique object.
His dynamic, often humorous works are favoured by museums internationally and have recently been acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Museums Scotland and the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York
Object made by Additive Layer Manufacturing from nylon with a mineral soft coating.
Courtesy of the artist and Adrian Sassoon, London
