Nuala O’Donovan: Coral Series, 2015-2022
This series is based on drawings of fragments of coral. The surface and structure care made from variations of a star pattern taken from the drawings. The principals of fractal geometry, self-similar forms, and classical proportions create the directions in the work and result in several very different outcomes. Some of the pieces have the skeletal structure on the external surface of the work so that surface and structure are both apparent.
Captions
- Coral Amorphous, 2015, Hand built, High Fired unglazed porcelain, 40 x 28 x 40 cm. Photographer: Janice O’Connell
- Coral Skeletal, 2015, Hand built, High Fired unglazed porcelain, 42 x 45 cm. Photographer: Janice O’Connell
- Coral & Bone Structure, 2015, Hand built, High Fired, stained, and unglazed porcelain, 26 x 44 & 15 x 15 cm. Photographer: Janice O’Connell
- Venetian Coral – Hollowed Form, 2017, Hand built, High Fired unglazed porcelain, 54 x 38 x 28 cm. Photographer: Janice O’Connell
- Coral Eruption, 2022, Hand built, High Fired, and unglazed porcelain, 34 x 34 x 24 cm. Photographer: Janice O’Connell
- Coral Heart, 2020, Hand built, High Fired unglazed porcelain, 44 x 28 x 44 cm. Photographer: Janice O’Connell
- Coral – Truncated Column, 2022, Hand built, High Fired, unglazed porcelain, 32 x 46 cm. Photographer: Janice O’Connell
- Coral Original Sin & Seed Coral, 2022, Hand built, High Fired, unglazed porcelain, 36 x 34 & 16 x 18 cm. Photographer: Janice O’Connell
- Coral Original Sin & Coral Bubblicious, 2022, Hand built, High Fired, unglazed porcelain, 36 x 34 & 38 x 38 cm. Photographer: Janice O’Connell
