holmr, IV, installation view2015
5 porcelain vessels in an aluminium and plexiglass vitrine
32 × 30 × 7 cm
wavespeech
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
20 June – 12 September 2015
wavespeech was a joint exhibition of work by Edmund and David Ward. The show included a major new collaborative work and a group of new individually made and inter-related works by each artist. All were made especially for the unique galleries of the Pier and the context, seascape and landscape of the Orkney Islands.
The title is taken from a group of 17 wall-mounted, glazed vitrines containing
various types of vessel in dark coloured glazes. The scale and texture of the porcelain is redolent of found objects, like sea-worn artefacts washed up on an Orkney beach. Moreover, with their stony
and metallic glazes and blistered or punctured surfaces, they suggest the kind of Neolithic or Iron
Age relics previously unearthed on the island. The title of another work, sgeir, is Gaelic for skerry or a small rocky island. The two lines of vessels in celadon and cream glazes contained in a pair of vitrines, appear like the distant horizon. A further six freestanding vitrines are titled holmr, taken from an Old Norse word meaning a small island.
holmr, I, installation view2015
5 porcelain vessels with gilding in an aluminium and plexiglass vitrine
32 × 30 × 7 cm
wavespeech
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
20 June – 12 September 2015
wavespeech was a joint exhibition of work by Edmund and David Ward. The show included a major new collaborative work and a group of new individually made and inter-related works by each artist. All were made especially for the unique galleries of the Pier and the context, seascape and landscape of the Orkney Islands.
The title is taken from a group of 17 wall-mounted, glazed vitrines containing
various types of vessel in dark coloured glazes. The scale and texture of the porcelain is redolent of found objects, like sea-worn artefacts washed up on an Orkney beach. Moreover, with their stony
and metallic glazes and blistered or punctured surfaces, they suggest the kind of Neolithic or Iron
Age relics previously unearthed on the island. The title of another work, sgeir, is Gaelic for skerry or a small rocky island. The two lines of vessels in celadon and cream glazes contained in a pair of vitrines, appear like the distant horizon. A further six freestanding vitrines are titled holmr, taken from an Old Norse word meaning a small island.
holmr, V, installation view2015
5 porcelain vessels with gilding in an aluminium and plexiglass vitrine
32 × 30 × 7 cm
wavespeech
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
20 June – 12 September 2015
wavespeech was a joint exhibition of work by Edmund and David Ward. The show included a major new collaborative work and a group of new individually made and inter-related works by each artist. All were made especially for the unique galleries of the Pier and the context, seascape and landscape of the Orkney Islands.
The title is taken from a group of 17 wall-mounted, glazed vitrines containing
various types of vessel in dark coloured glazes. The scale and texture of the porcelain is redolent of found objects, like sea-worn artefacts washed up on an Orkney beach. Moreover, with their stony
and metallic glazes and blistered or punctured surfaces, they suggest the kind of Neolithic or Iron
Age relics previously unearthed on the island. The title of another work, sgeir, is Gaelic for skerry or a small rocky island. The two lines of vessels in celadon and cream glazes contained in a pair of vitrines, appear like the distant horizon. A further six freestanding vitrines are titled holmr, taken from an Old Norse word meaning a small island.
the lost and the found, installation view2015
30 porcelain vessels in 17 aluminium and plexiglass vitrines
22 × 13 × 10 cm each, 22 × 317 × 10 cm overall
wavespeech
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
20 June – 12 September 2015
wavespeech was a joint exhibition of work by Edmund and David Ward. The show included a major new collaborative work and a group of new individually made and inter-related works by each artist. All were made especially for the unique galleries of the Pier and the context, seascape and landscape of the Orkney Islands.
The title is taken from a group of 17 wall-mounted, glazed vitrines containing
various types of vessel in dark coloured glazes. The scale and texture of the porcelain is redolent of found objects, like sea-worn artefacts washed up on an Orkney beach. Moreover, with their stony
and metallic glazes and blistered or punctured surfaces, they suggest the kind of Neolithic or Iron
Age relics previously unearthed on the island. The title of another work, sgeir, is Gaelic for skerry or a small rocky island. The two lines of vessels in celadon and cream glazes contained in a pair of vitrines, appear like the distant horizon. A further six freestanding vitrines are titled holmr, taken from an Old Norse word meaning a small island.
the lost and the found, installation view2015
30 porcelain vessels in 17 aluminium and plexiglass vitrines
22 × 13 × 10 cm each, 22 × 317 × 10 cm overall
wavespeech
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
20 June – 12 September 2015
wavespeech was a joint exhibition of work by Edmund and David Ward. The show included a major new collaborative work and a group of new individually made and inter-related works by each artist. All were made especially for the unique galleries of the Pier and the context, seascape and landscape of the Orkney Islands.
The title is taken from a group of 17 wall-mounted, glazed vitrines containing
various types of vessel in dark coloured glazes. The scale and texture of the porcelain is redolent of found objects, like sea-worn artefacts washed up on an Orkney beach. Moreover, with their stony
and metallic glazes and blistered or punctured surfaces, they suggest the kind of Neolithic or Iron
Age relics previously unearthed on the island. The title of another work, sgeir, is Gaelic for skerry or a small rocky island. The two lines of vessels in celadon and cream glazes contained in a pair of vitrines, appear like the distant horizon. A further six freestanding vitrines are titled holmr, taken from an Old Norse word meaning a small island.
the lost and the found (detail)2015
30 porcelain vessels in 17 aluminium and plexiglass vitrines
22 × 13 × 10 cm each, 22 × 317 × 10 cm overall
wavespeech
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
20 June – 12 September 2015
wavespeech was a joint exhibition of work by Edmund and David Ward. The show included a major new collaborative work and a group of new individually made and inter-related works by each artist. All were made especially for the unique galleries of the Pier and the context, seascape and landscape of the Orkney Islands.
The title is taken from a group of 17 wall-mounted, glazed vitrines containing
various types of vessel in dark coloured glazes. The scale and texture of the porcelain is redolent of found objects, like sea-worn artefacts washed up on an Orkney beach. Moreover, with their stony
and metallic glazes and blistered or punctured surfaces, they suggest the kind of Neolithic or Iron
Age relics previously unearthed on the island. The title of another work, sgeir, is Gaelic for skerry or a small rocky island. The two lines of vessels in celadon and cream glazes contained in a pair of vitrines, appear like the distant horizon. A further six freestanding vitrines are titled holmr, taken from an Old Norse word meaning a small island.
holmr, II2015
5 porcelain vessels with gilding in an aluminium and plexiglass vitrine
32 × 30 × 7 cm
wavespeech
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
20 June – 12 September 2015
wavespeech was a joint exhibition of work by Edmund and David Ward. The show included a major new collaborative work and a group of new individually made and inter-related works by each artist. All were made especially for the unique galleries of the Pier and the context, seascape and landscape of the Orkney Islands.
The title is taken from a group of 17 wall-mounted, glazed vitrines containing
various types of vessel in dark coloured glazes. The scale and texture of the porcelain is redolent of found objects, like sea-worn artefacts washed up on an Orkney beach. Moreover, with their stony
and metallic glazes and blistered or punctured surfaces, they suggest the kind of Neolithic or Iron
Age relics previously unearthed on the island. The title of another work, sgeir, is Gaelic for skerry or a small rocky island. The two lines of vessels in celadon and cream glazes contained in a pair of vitrines, appear like the distant horizon. A further six freestanding vitrines are titled holmr, taken from an Old Norse word meaning a small island.
wavespeech, installation view2015
wavespeech
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
20 June – 12 September 2015
wavespeech was a joint exhibition of work by Edmund and David Ward. The show included a major new collaborative work and a group of new individually made and inter-related works by each artist. All were made especially for the unique galleries of the Pier and the context, seascape and landscape of the Orkney Islands.
The title is taken from a group of 17 wall-mounted, glazed vitrines containing
various types of vessel in dark coloured glazes. The scale and texture of the porcelain is redolent of found objects, like sea-worn artefacts washed up on an Orkney beach. Moreover, with their stony
and metallic glazes and blistered or punctured surfaces, they suggest the kind of Neolithic or Iron
Age relics previously unearthed on the island. The title of another work, sgeir, is Gaelic for skerry or a small rocky island. The two lines of vessels in celadon and cream glazes contained in a pair of vitrines, appear like the distant horizon. A further six freestanding vitrines are titled holmr, taken from an Old Norse word meaning a small island.
sgeir2015
40 porcelain vessels with gilding in a pair of aluminium and plexiglass vitrines
64 × 216 × 25 cm
wavespeech
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
20 June – 12 September 2015
wavespeech was a joint exhibition of work by Edmund and David Ward. The show included a major new collaborative work and a group of new individually made and inter-related works by each artist. All were made especially for the unique galleries of the Pier and the context, seascape and landscape of the Orkney Islands.
The title is taken from a group of 17 wall-mounted, glazed vitrines containing
various types of vessel in dark coloured glazes. The scale and texture of the porcelain is redolent of found objects, like sea-worn artefacts washed up on an Orkney beach. Moreover, with their stony
and metallic glazes and blistered or punctured surfaces, they suggest the kind of Neolithic or Iron
Age relics previously unearthed on the island. The title of another work, sgeir, is Gaelic for skerry or a small rocky island. The two lines of vessels in celadon and cream glazes contained in a pair of vitrines, appear like the distant horizon. A further six freestanding vitrines are titled holmr, taken from an Old Norse word meaning a small island.
sgeir2015
40 porcelain vessels with gilding in a pair of aluminium and plexiglass vitrines
64 × 216 × 25 cm
wavespeech
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
20 June – 12 September 2015
wavespeech was a joint exhibition of work by Edmund and David Ward. The show included a major new collaborative work and a group of new individually made and inter-related works by each artist. All were made especially for the unique galleries of the Pier and the context, seascape and landscape of the Orkney Islands.
The title is taken from a group of 17 wall-mounted, glazed vitrines containing
various types of vessel in dark coloured glazes. The scale and texture of the porcelain is redolent of found objects, like sea-worn artefacts washed up on an Orkney beach. Moreover, with their stony
and metallic glazes and blistered or punctured surfaces, they suggest the kind of Neolithic or Iron
Age relics previously unearthed on the island. The title of another work, sgeir, is Gaelic for skerry or a small rocky island. The two lines of vessels in celadon and cream glazes contained in a pair of vitrines, appear like the distant horizon. A further six freestanding vitrines are titled holmr, taken from an Old Norse word meaning a small island.
The Pier Arts Centre2015
wavespeech
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
20 June – 12 September 2015
wavespeech was a joint exhibition of work by Edmund and David Ward. The show included a major new collaborative work and a group of new individually made and inter-related works by each artist. All were made especially for the unique galleries of the Pier and the context, seascape and landscape of the Orkney Islands.
The title is taken from a group of 17 wall-mounted, glazed vitrines containing
various types of vessel in dark coloured glazes. The scale and texture of the porcelain is redolent of found objects, like sea-worn artefacts washed up on an Orkney beach. Moreover, with their stony
and metallic glazes and blistered or punctured surfaces, they suggest the kind of Neolithic or Iron
Age relics previously unearthed on the island. The title of another work, sgeir, is Gaelic for skerry or a small rocky island. The two lines of vessels in celadon and cream glazes contained in a pair of vitrines, appear like the distant horizon. A further six freestanding vitrines are titled holmr, taken from an Old Norse word meaning a small island.