A monumental wall installation measuring 18 1/2' wide and 12' tall, comprised of 124 hand thrown and hand painted porcelain plates ranging in scale from 6" in diameter to 24" in diameter. Axis is a deconstruction of the surface of an Owen Jones depiction of the pattern on a Chinese decorative vase in his well known 1866 text "Examples of Chinese Ornament". AXIS explores cultural fusion through inherited and appropriated language of ornament. Highlighting the movement and linear nature of the historic rendering through shifts in scale and color, AXIS is a contemporary lens to its historic counterpart.

Year: 2021

Materials: 124 hand-thrown and hand-painted porcelain plates with underglaze and glaze

Dimensions: 222 W x 144 H x 3 D inches