Element of a Voyage 16

approx 14 in / porcelain, slips, stains / circa 1973

One of the single ships of the Elements of a Voyage series. The shell structure is cast from a Argonauta argo egg case.

provenance unknown

 

Top: Element of a Voyage 1 / 14 in.
glazed ceramic / circa 1973 / provenance unknown

Middle: Element of a Voyage 9 / 14 in.
glazed ceramic / circa 1973 / provenance unknown

Bottom: Element of a Voyage 16/17/18 / 14 in.
glazed ceramic / circa 1973 / provenance unknown

 

Top: Element of a Voyage 2 / 14 in.
glazed ceramic / circa 1973 / provenance unknown

Middle: Element of a Voyage 10
approx 6 in x 14 in x 10 in / glazed porcelain, circa 1973 / provenance unknown

Bottom: Element of a Voyage 19 / 14 in.
glazed ceramic / circa 1973 / provenance unknown

 

Top: Element of a Voyage 3 / 14 in.
glazed ceramic / circa 1973 / provenance unknown

Middle: Element of a Voyage 11 / 14 in.
approx 3 in x 16 in x 16 in / glazed ceramic
circa 1973 / provenance unknown

Bottom: Evaporite Ship
approx. 6 in x 18 in x 10 in / ceramic, evaporated minerals / circa 1973 / provenance unknown

 

Top: Element of a Voyage 4 / 14 in.
glazed ceramic / circa 1973 / provenance unknown

Middle: Element of a Voyage 12 / 14 in.
approx 4 in x 18 in x 10 in / porcelain / circa 1973
provenance unknown

Bottom: Fish Head
approx 10 in x 18 in x 18 in / ceramic, sediments
circa 1973 / private collection

 

Top: Element of a Voyage 5 / 14 in.
glazed ceramic / circa 1973 / provenance unknown
Exhibited in the 1975 Whitney Biennale

Middle: Element of a Voyage 13 / 14 in.
approx 8 in x 16 in x 8 in / porcelain / circa 1973
provenance unknown

Bottom: Fork/Knife/Sea I
approx 10 in x 12 in x 10 in / porcelain bisque
circa 1973 / private collection

 

Top: Element of a Voyage 6 / 14 in.
glazed ceramic / circa 1973 / provenance unknown

Middle: Element of a Voyage 14
approx 6 in x 18 in x 10 in / porcelain /
The first of several 'strata ships' / circa 1973
collection: Arizona State University

Bottom: Selections from Elements of a Voyage
Installation view / Ceramic Invitational
San Francisco Art Institute / 1974

 

Evaporite Ship

approx. 24 in x 10 in / ceramic, evaporated minerals, wood & acrylic vitrine / circa 1973

Ceramic ship with broken hour glass as superstructure. Similar to processes that produce travertine and other evaporite rocks,
known soluble materials from the SFAI glaze lab were dissolved in boiling water and evaporated on the clay form in a large tank.

provenance unknown

 

Early 1970's / Elements of a Voyage

SFAI / San Francisco, CA


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