Chaffinch

Description

Susan O’Byrne begins by making a wire framework, onto which layers of printed and patterned pieces of porcelain paper are then added to form a skin. She exploits the shrinkage of the clay around the wire armature to articulate the angularity of the form. Most recent work has seen a development of the surface pattern to reference historic domestic needlepoint, such as the ‘black work’ in the V&A collection.

Susan O’Byrne

Materials

porcelain, paperclay, wire

Colours

grey, orange

Dimensions

Height: 10cm
Width: 14cm
Depth: 5cm