Voluptuous Growths of Thousands of Porcelain Layers Erupt Across Olivia Walker’s Works

Innumerable, wafer-thin layers of porcelain ripple into the collapsed sides of Olivia Walker’s vessels. The Devon-based artist throws small bowls on the wheel before affixing countless fragments that appear to rupture and spread across the forms. Layers are attached while leather-hard, the perfect pliability for sculpting growths evocative of fungi, coral, and other organisms.

tadelakt, a naturally waterproof plaster made of lime. More

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