I’m catching up on posting some pieces from several years ago that I never posted when I folded them. This piece is a continuation of my lacy vase series, continuing to play with the contrast between a black lacy pattern and a contrasting painted section. The new element here is that instead of leaving the non-lacy sections white, I painted them in a pattern reminiscent of water the complements the wavy patterns in the lace.
The lace pattern and the painted pattern represent the flow of water in different ways: the painted section represents it in gradations of color, but the cuts of the lace represent it in fluid curves. Unlike most of my pieces, there are no folds that cross the central lacy section, so the lace is able to flow smoothly all the way around the vase without any interruptions.
I’ll be posting the continuation of this mini-series soon, with several other pieces that explore the connection between painted patterns, lace patterns, and the overall form of the vase.
