Large round vessel

This large porcelain vase is made in two sections, drawing from the technique used in Korea to make moon jars. The single, large black underglaze brushstroke meanders across it, starting with a big explosion and ending with a soft, quiet movement. Inspired by the beauty of round things where one can never see the whole of them at once, each angle looking very different, this vessel is one of a series of larger pieces. Tom Kemp is working towards creating work which is on his bodily scale, so that the written strokes involve his entire body working in sympathy with the form.