Nancy Selvin, Quilted Teapot #1, n.d., glazed earthenware, overall: 5 7⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄4 in. (15.0 x 19.1 x 18.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art, 1998.135A-B
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Quilted Teapot #1
- Artist
- Date
- n.d.
- Location
- Dimensions
- overall: 5 7⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄4 in. (15.0 x 19.1 x 18.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- glazed earthenware
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Object — other — fabric
- Object Number
- 1998.135A-B
Artwork Description
Quilted Teapot #1 is from a series Nancy Selvin began during the 1970s in which she decorated nonfunctional teapots with airbrushed china paint and decals. The patchwork design sews together decorative floral squares and pictures the artist took of her barber and local coffee shops. She disguises the stiff and solid nature of the clay by slumping and creasing it so that the pot looks as though it is made from the soft cotton fabric of a quilt.