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Gust (from the Windflower Vase Gust Series)
Paul Briggs (American, born in 1963)
2022
Medium/Technique
Unglazed stoneware
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 24.8 × 19.1 × 20.3 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 8 in.)
Credit Line
Lucy Scarborough Conant Fund
Accession Number2022.1315
This clay form sprouts leaves from its centrifugal stem like blades from a dynamic propeller or petals on a blooming flower. Paul Briggs created each of the vessels in this series from a single ball of clay that he pinched and molded with his hands and a small number of hand tools. A former pastor, Briggs has five degrees that span art, philosophy, and education and is a committed teacher whose art making is characterized by a deep exploration of clay, his primary material.
DescriptionHigh relief pinch-formed vessel from one ball of clay - leaf style pinch
Firing: Oxidation to cone 6 - 2232º
Firing: Oxidation to cone 6 - 2232º
Provenance2022, sold by the artist to the MFA .(Accession Date: June 22, 2022)