Michelle Erickson
Pecten Shell Teapot - Price Upon Request
“A cobbled-together cartoon teapot has the feel of an object that cannot wait to be made. There is an urgency about this situation: a response is required, right now. Reaching for the canonical imagery of ceramic history, Michelle Erickson has alighted on the Staffordshire ‘Pecten Shell’ teapots of the eighteenth century and adapted the design to respond to th e multiple environmental catastrophes associated with oil..." “An extraordinarily able maker, Erickson has an encyclopaedic knowledge techniques, which she uses to make historically referenced works that tell contemporary political stories.” *Excerpts from: Edmundde Waal, The Pot Book, Phaidon Press, October 10, 2011. H 14” $17,500.00
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