Meryl Ruth

RuthM-2023-2

Sip Tea Accordionly, A Ceramic Teapot

Price

$1,400

Dimensions

16 x 14 x 5

Description

Stoneware, hand built body, wheel thrown spout, slip cast lid, artist designed ceramic decals, glazes, lusters, multiple firings

Short Statement

In addition to my love for music, I am also inspired by musical instruments as works of art. I have crafted teapots by blending the forms of stringed instruments and French Horns. With the accordion, I’m drawn to the integration of form and function, its aliveness. One of the challenges was to depict this teapot as containing music in motion.

RuthM-2023-1

Dysfunctional Par-Tea, A Ceramic Teapot

Price

$900

Dimensions

9 x 10 x 6

Description

Handbuilt and wheel thrown stoneware, hand carved lid/head, feet and tail of the rabbit, ceramic slip lace-draping for Edwardian collar, silk-screened face of the clock and ceramic tile base and flag, multiple firings, oxidation glazes, lusters, polymer clay flag and bow

Short Statement

This is one of a series that grew from a commission to create an Alice in Wonderland teapot. I was drawn by the challenge of blending so many disparate motifs by way of incorporating a variety of materials and techniques. The rabbit, the queen of hearts, trumpets, and pocket watches conspired for a painstaking flight of fancy.