White Spiral

Product description

Porcelain on board, with oak banding
‘Based on ammonites, spiral folds and Fibonacci spirals. I love making curves out of straight lines and that multiples are more than the sum of the parts. Nearly 100 gradually lengthening individual origami folded porcelain pieces mounted on board and framed with oak.’

Kate Buckley’s practice started from a fascination with folding paper: how it springs from 2D to 3D; creates curves from straight lines; and encloses the space between. She developed these ideas into porcelain and created a technique of press moulding onto origami-folded linen and cotton, folded with imperfect regularity. The resultant pieces have a surface that accentuates shadows and plays with light. They are drama