Sara Tolbert Signed Incised Porcelain Vase

Description

Beautiful incised studio pottery vase by North Carolina potter Sara Tolbert.
Perfect condition from what I can tell.
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SARA TOLBERT
The union of nature and utility drives me to create. Through experimentation in the kitchen, I find that cooking and baking food makes me think about the utilitarian aspect of pottery. I ask myself: What will this hold, how will this be used, would it be easier to use if it were larger? Searching for answers to these questions by way of making things in the kitchen helps to forward my creative process.
Varied textures and patterns are abundant in nature. I strive to add the beauty found in nature and in the kitchen to my porcelain carving. My mind wanders to things such as glistening fish scales, soft serve ice cream and meringue cookies when I carve my pots. The flowing patterns incised into a bowl as a visual and tactile thing excites me. Merging lines flow over some of my pieces, on others round craters are gouged out leaving a pattern that is indistinct enough to leave room for the viewer to decide if they see hammered copper, fresh chili flakes or tall grasses blowing in the wind.
SARA AND PRESTON TOLBERT CERAMICS
While at WCU Preston met his wife Sara Tolbert, also a potter. After graduation they moved to Arizona to apprentice to Don Reitz, one of the most influential ceramists worldwide.
After moving back to North Carolina in 2010, they built a kiln and started producing work.