Artwork Details
- Title
- Gifted
- Artist
- Date
- 1992
- Location
- Dimensions
- overall: 13 3⁄8 x 12 1⁄4 x 6 7⁄8 in. (34.0 x 31.2 x 17.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- stoneware with terra sigillita
- Classifications
- Object Number
- 1993.23.2A-B
Artwork Description
Nancy Jurs transforms the practical teapot into a solid, nonfunctional sculpture. She covered the pot with terra sigillata, a slip glaze that has been used since ancient Roman times to create a metallic appearance. The artist is drawn to organic forms, as here in the rough, irregular surface of the sculpture. Jurs also demonstrates that this piece, like many people, is a work in progress, still evolving and changing.